City of Hoorn (Horn) on IJsselmeer, in North Holland, The Netherlands, with view on the Main Tower (Hoofdtoren), built in 1532.
City of Hoorn (Horn ) on IJsselmeer, in North Holland, The Netherlands, with view on the Main Tower, built in 1532.( Hoofdtoren in Dutch ). The tower is located at the harbor of the city of Hoorn, which was founded in 716. Hoorn rapidly grew to become a major harbor town. During Holland's 'Golden Age' (or 'Golden Century'), Hoorn was an important home base for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and a very prosperous center of trade. The Hoorn fleet plied the seven seas and returned laden with precious commodities. Exotic spices such as pepper, nutmeg, cloves, and mace were sold at vast profits. With their skill in trade and seafaring, sons of Hoorn established the town's name far and wide. Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629) is famous for his violent raids in Dutch Indies (now Indonesia), where he "founded" the city of Batavia in 1619 (now Jakarta). He has a big statue on the Rode Steen square in the center of Hoorn. In 1618 Willem Bontekoe (1587–1657) undertook his first and only voyage for the VOC. In 1932, the Afsluitdijk, or Great Enclosing Dyke, was completed and Hoorn was no longer a seaport.
Size: 4537px × 3025px
Location: Veermanskade, Hoorn, North Holland, The Netherlands, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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