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From
Pilgrim
Fathers
to
Henry Hudson.
Touring
through
Amsterdam with all the things Holland and
especially
Amsterdam exported all over the world. A historical tour but we will
also be visiting
a souvenir shop offering all the new Holland Mania items. Visit the
Engelse Kerk on the
Begijnhof where you can
trace the
footsteps of the Pilgrim Fathers in Amsterdam. Your guide will tell you
all about their journey,
first to
Leiden
in 1609
and afterwards in 1620 on board the
Mayflower
to America, where they founded
Plymouth Colony. We tour all over the city
discovering typical export products of
Amsterdam and Holland. such as the
Dutch Republic,
the Amsterdam canals,
Anne Frank,
Sinterklaas,
Herring,
Hugo Grotius
and a lot more till
we end our journey at the
Schreierstoren.
Four hundred years ago (1609)
Henry Hudson
started from Amsterdam
harbour to discover
Manna-hata and the river that would be named after him, claiming the territory
for the Dutch Republic. Later Dutch colonists were responsible for giving
New-Amsterdam
(New York) the typical tolerance which still exists in today's
New
York.
Visit the website of
Hudson 400.
From May the 16th until the 30th of August 2009 there will be an exhibition about
"Holland Mania"
in
Museum de Lakenhal
.
Martin Ribbens. AVAILABILITY 
See also:
"HOLLAND
MANIA"
by Anette Stott (ISBN
0-87951-906-1)
Prices for the Tours depends; for example because of a Museum visit (Tour-price including free entrance in the Museums for maximum 5 persons) Please contact me for the price and terms by e-mail, or cell-phone mentioned below. Thank you. e-mail: martinribbens@chello.nl tel.: +31(0)623781259 web: www.martinribbens.nl PRINTVERSION ®MR2009
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