Figure 1 Placeholder. I knew little about the Low Countries, but between my abiding interest in Indonesia, the jewel in the former Dutch trading empire, and the fact that I live in Australia, a country discovered for Europe by the Dutch, and my obsession with the Dutch Rijksmuseum, I confess I have intrigued myself. Cheapassbikes History Of The Netherlands podcast — Republic of Amsterdam Radio 1 Inventions of capitalism Many early features of capitalism started in the Netherlands. Financia...