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Windmills and Wooden Shoes

Chapter 1: WINDMILLS AND WOODEN SHOES
By Blair Jaekel
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The narrative guides the reader on a practical, panoramic tour of the Netherlands, moving between provinces and cities to portray landscapes, urban life, and everyday customs. It emphasizes the Dutch struggle against water through dikes and polders, describes windmills, wooden shoes, markets, canals, and notable architecture, and provides travel advice on routes and transportation. Interspersed are portraits of local types, regional variations, and sightseeing suggestions that aim to help visitors prioritize attractions and appreciate art, history, and rural traditions within a compact territory.

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Title: Windmills and Wooden Shoes

Author: Blair Jaekel

Release date: June 12, 2019 [eBook #59738]

Language: English

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WINDMILLS AND WOODEN SHOES

Transcriber’s Note

Today a number of the Dutch spellings for place names, people’s names and specific words have changed but the colloquial spellings of the era have been retained, however where the name has been spelt two or more different ways, the spellings have been altered to the most prolific usage.

CHAPTER XV Utrecht and ’S Hertogenbosch. This chapter is the only one with the word Chapter before it, and this has been retained.

The spelling of the word æsophagus on p. 30, appears to be acceptable in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s, so this spelling has been retained.

Other changes made are noted at the end of the book.

The veterans of the fishing fleet are among the most interesting inhabitants of Volendam, wearing fur hats in summer and waistband buttons made of old Dutch coins