This was one of the most ambitious construction projects undertaken in the 17th-century Dutch republic.
This system was followed during the existence of the later Dutch Republic.
Nor had the Dutch republic, still a great commercial force in the Baltic.
These tensions led to the formation of the independent Dutch Republic.
In 1654 he returned to the Dutch Republic as a vice-admiral.
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The gathering is regarded as the first important step towards the free and independent Dutch Republic.
These financial institutions helped the Dutch Republic to "punch above its weight" in military matters.
In the seventeenth century the new Dutch republic was the only important power to make extensive use of this method of representation.
Apart from representing the Dutch republic, two of his daughters were married to British noblemen.