• Aanspreker, the, 53, 54
• Acreage, 1
• Admiral de Ruyter, 111, 147
• Admiral Dirkzoon, 154
• Albert Cuyp, 41, 48, 49
• Alexander of Parma, 66, 67
• Alkmaar, 123, 124, 137, 138, 147, 153
• Alma Tadema, Laurens, 172
• Alva, Duke of, 20, 63, 65, 191
• Amalia, Princess, 84
• Amstel, 109
• Amsterdam, 1, 5, 6, 14, 55, 57, 75, 83, 107, 108, 112, 118, 123, 124, 127–130, 137, 147, 150, 152, 153, 157
• Amsterdam, Bank of, 122
• Amusements, 88, 114, 115, 116, 156, 157
• Animals, 57, 58
• Anjou, Duke of, 66, 67
• Antwerp, 20, 111
• Apeldoorn, 189–191
• Arnhem, 1, 193, 195, 198, 199
• Arras, Bishop of, 63
• Ary Scheffer, 41
• Assen, 179, 182
• Atlantic, 1
• Australia, 152

• Batavia, 151
• Bathazar GÉrard, 65–69
• Beekhuizen, 198
• Bergen-op-Zoom, 34, 36, 37
• Beurs, 57
• Bicycles, 23, 24
• Biesbosch, 39
• Biljoen, 198
• Binnenhof, 41, 78–80
• Bishop of Arras, 63
• Bishop of Cambrai, 55
• Bois le Duc, 202, 211–214
• Bonaparte, Louis, 109, 110
• Bosch, The, 84
• Bossu, 153
• Botanical Gardens, Leyden, 99
• Boymans Museum, 50
• Broek, 129
• Bronbeek, 197
• Buiksloot, 128
• Building, 108
• Bulbs, 103, 104

• Canals, 7, 31, 34, 56, 57, 58, 61, 91, 101, 124, 125, 127, 131, 132, 137, 171, 173
• Canal packets, 2
• Castricum, 147
• Catherine of Schwartzburg, 70
• Cats, Father Jacob, 18
• Cattle raising, 173
• Charitable institutions, 100
• Charles V, 19, 167
• Church of St. Lawrence, 50
• Cleanliness, 8, 34, 35, 59, 60, 129
• Cleve, 199
• Coen, 150
• Coinage, 8
• Coligny, Louisa de, 65
• Colonial Offices, 80
• Comparative size, 1, 2
• Conference, International Peace, 84
• Conquests of the sea, 4, 5
• Corcoran Galleries, 80
• Cornelius De Witt, 41, 79
• Costumes, 22, 23, 135, 167, 168
• Cromwell, Oliver, 19
• Cultivation, 91, 158
• Cuyp, Albert, 41, 48, 49

• Dairy products, 173
• Dam, The, 110
• Damrak, 112, 128
• Delft, 55, 59, 60–62, 65–67, 72
• De Noord, 40
• De Ruyter, Admiral, 111, 147
• Descartes, 101
• Deventer, 187
• De Witt, Cornelius and John, 41, 79
• Diamond trade, 118–120
• Diemer Dike, 153
• Dikes, 5–7, 26, 32, 42, 91, 92, 94, 95, 145, 146, 153
• Dirkzoon, Admiral, 154
• Domburg, 16, 25, 26, 100
• Domestic animals, 57, 58
• Dortrecht, 29, 39, 40–44, 48
• Dou, Gerard, 92
• Dredging, 5
• Drenthe, 176, 181
• Dronrijp, 172
• Duke of Alva, 20, 63, 65, 191
• Duke of Anjou, 66, 67
• Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 82
• Duke of Orange, 63
• Duke of York, 147
• Dutch East Indies, 151
< li class="indx">Dutch East India Company, 61, 109, 151
• Dutch West India Company, 80

• Edam, 21, 124, 130, 131, 138, 153
• Eendragtsweg, 55
• Eise Eisenga, 165
• Endegeest, 101
• England, 19
• Enkhuizen, 154, 157, 158
• Erasmus, Desiderius, 55
• Eusibiusbinnensingel, 194
• Ewyksluis, 33
• Eyerland, 148

• Family life, 57
• Feijenoord, 46
• Fishing, 158
• Flevo, Lake, 159
• Floris V, 78, 109, 138
• Flowers, 102–104, 158
• Flushing, 14, 15, 19, 20, 25
• Foolish Betsy, 21
• France, 8
• Franeker, 165
• Franz Hals, 105
• Frederic of Toledo, 104, 191, 192
• Frederick Henry of Orange, Prince, 84
• Friesland, 33, 63, 144, 148, 160, 165, 168, 173
• Frisian Monks, 5
• Frisian Museum, 170
• Fuel, 181, 182

• Gemeelandshuis, 62
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• Louis of Nassau, Count, 93
• Louvre, 80

• Maas, 1, 40, 45, 46, 49, 199
• Maastricht, 201
• Maes, Nicolas, 41
• Maps, 3, 33
• Margaret of Parma, 63
• Marken, 126, 127, 129, 135
• Markets, 34, 178, 194, 204, 205
• Marriage, 9–11
• Marsdiep, Strait of, 145, 146, 148
• Marssum, 173
• Maurice of Nassau, 78
• Maurice of Orange, 79
• Mauritshuis, 80, 81
• Mauritsweg, 55
• Mechlin, 191
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke of, 82
• Meppel, 179, 183
• Merwede, 40
• Mesdag, H. W., 177
• Mesdag Museum, 83, 172
• Meuse, 94
• Middelburg, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29, 64
• Ministry of Justice, 80
• Mint Tower, 112
• Monnikendam, 21, 128, 129, 130, 191
• Zutphen, 191, 192
• Zwolle, 123, 179, 183

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