{"id":4188,"date":"2016-04-21T08:30:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T08:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2016-04-18T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T14:23:27","slug":"garde-robe-an-amazing-discovery-from-the-golden-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/garde-robe-an-amazing-discovery-from-the-golden-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Garde Robe: An Amazing Discovery From The Golden Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday,\u00a0a most\u00a0verbazingwekkend\u00a0<\/em>(astonishing) discovery was published:\u00a0a lading\u00a0<\/em>(cargo) of 17th century noble items, most importantly a\u00a0vorstelijk gewaad\u00a0<\/em>(royal gown) were found! In the waters off the island\u00a0Texel<\/a>, <\/em>many\u00a0scheepswrakken\u00a0<\/em>(ship wrecks) from that time, the\u00a0Gouden Eeuw\u00a0<\/em>(Golden Age – see below in the Sideline) were lying out there, waiting for cargo. Because of wind and weather, many of them\u00a0zonken\u00a0<\/em>(sank) and throughout the years were\u00a0begraven\u00a0<\/em>(buried) under the\u00a0zand\u00a0<\/em>(sand). Now and then, because of water streams, they can be uncovered again and might reveal something never seen before… Like this discovery!<\/p>\n

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SIDELINE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

De Gouden Eeuw<\/em> (17th Century)<\/span><\/h3>\n

What is the\u00a0Gouden Eeuw?\u00a0<\/em>In the 17th Century, the Netherlands was one of the richest countries in the world.\u00a0Dutch spice merchants were forced to found the\u00a0Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie\u00a0<\/em>(VOC<\/em>)\u00a0(United East Indian Company), the first multinational in the world. Because of this collaboration, the Dutch became the number one spice traders in the world, and made a lot of money. This led to an\u00a0opbloei\u00a0<\/em>(flourishing) of Dutch culture and science. Many famous painters, like\u00a0Rembrandt<\/em>, are from this time, for example. If you want to find out more about this important time for the Netherlands, watch a Dutch series here<\/a>, or just search the internet for more information!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fun Fact:<\/strong> the expression\u00a0peperduur\u00a0<\/em>(extremely expensive, literally: “pepper expensive”) originated from this time, when pepper was still traded in relatively small amounts and only for the very rich. It was very expensive, and so this expression was born!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back to our topic. So the vorstelijke<\/em>\u00a0lading\u00a0<\/em>they found was from this rich time period! Let’s watch the trailer about the exposition at musem\u00a0Kaap Skil<\/a><\/em> on Texel<\/em>, called\u00a0Garde Robe<\/em>.<\/p>\n