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Until far into the eighteenth century the Republic continued to pose as a great power. Amsterdam, the financial centre of the world, maintained its economic predominance in shipping tonnage and trade. Both Ceylon and the whole island of Java subordinated themselves to the authority of the United East-India Company. The prosperity was easily visible to everyone and was reflected in the stately residences along the canals in many Dutch cities. They appear on the townscapes of Jan de Beyer, and are still partly standing today. In Holland, Zeeland and Groningen important land reclamations took place.
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The Age of Enlightenment
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De Moulin, D. (1988). The Age of Enlightenment. In: A history of surgery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3357-6_5
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