| you are: Dutches behind the seas
There was one more reason for sharp lifting of geographical researches. The matter is that by the moment of promotion of the Netherlands all world has been already divided between Spain and Portugal. Holland, naturally, such situation in any way could not satisfy. Advanced economically the country had no colonies, but aspired to their gain as its bourgeoisie searched the most effective ways of initial accumulation of the capital. Only the happiness in repartition of already divided world and opening still the unknown earths could help bourgeoisie with it. It actively joins in preparation and equipment of expeditions, Promotes development of cartography and a geographical science vtselom.
That period in history of the Netherlands is fanned by romanticism of the distant campaigns full of deprivations and dangers. Then was lost and was missing many researchers and seamen who willingly participated in the expeditions giving to them illusive hope of disposal of burdens of a life in the prospering country. Actually expectations turned around change of one kind of a hard labour with another. But difficulties and burdens are forgotten. In memory human there is a result moreover the romaticized memoirs about gone through. Today, after proprocession stolkih years, recollect not those ruined and deformed destinies of losers And rather successful people, and former glory and greatness of Holland. Â"Dutches behind the seasÂ" - so a series of telecasts was called in the Netherlands, under such name books about that time have been let out.
What is covered behind this name? Nostalgia on the past or persevering desire to reanimate the former greatness and that important role which was played by the Netherlands bourgeoisie in the European and world affairs? Such resuscitation in today's conditions is possible Pi? Hardly. Time moves forward, return to the past - employment fruitless. Undoubtedly, however, another - Dutches have brought the powerful contribution to planet studying, to opening of the new earths. Let not always results of their searches were fruitful, go they have moved apart for mankind of border of understanding of the world and have accelerated development of this process. Them were thousand, that, about a lot of sphere participated in distant expeditions to different areas. We were reached not by all names. But geographical a mouth will always remind of where Dutches have visited one of the first. Address to a card of any continent, any ocean - and you will meet the objects named them or carrying them names. And not only in Asia, Africa, [to Australia and America, but also in Europe where in XVI-XVII centuries, apparently, any more does not remain novel areas.
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