. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 Miles Holland, and carries on an important trade in cheese and tobacco. At Bergen, a village to the north-west, the French, in 1799, defeated an Anglo-Russian army. The Helder (22,030 inhabitants), a strongly fortified town with a harbour of refuge and naval arsenal, occupies the extremity of the peninsula, and its guns sweep the passage of the Hellsdeur, or Hell-gate, which leads into the Zuider Zee. Near it De Ruyter achieved one of his great victories. Amongst the towns along the western shore of the Zuider Zee there is not one of importance. Medemhlik
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 Miles Holland, and carries on an important trade in cheese and tobacco. At Bergen, a village to the north-west, the French, in 1799, defeated an Anglo-Russian army. The Helder (22,030 inhabitants), a strongly fortified town with a harbour of refuge and naval arsenal, occupies the extremity of the peninsula, and its guns sweep the passage of the Hellsdeur, or Hell-gate, which leads into the Zuider Zee. Near it De Ruyter achieved one of his great victories. Amongst the towns along the western shore of the Zuider Zee there is not one of importance. Medemhlik (2,187 inhabitants), Enkhuizen (5,500 inhabitants), and Room (9,764 inhabitants), formerly famous seaports, are decayed, and only carry on a coasting trade in cheese and other agricultural produce, as do also Momiickendam (2,733 inhabitants)
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