Dig Dutch

Have you ever eaten a 'cookie' before? Did you know the word 'cookie' comes from the Dutch word "koekjes". This in fact came about in 18th century New York, when 200 years before it was known as New Amsterdam, a place where Dutch was the spoken language.

For some reason the language of English has prevailed in the USA, but it could have been a different story, possibly if it wasn't for the British invasion on Aug. 26, 1664. Soon afterwards, on September 8 the Dutch handed over control to the British in a bloodless exchange of names from New Amsterdam to New York. Not being a historian, nor having even researched this topic well enough to take you any further, I will guide you to a link below that will expand in more detail on what took place all those years ago.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/nyregion/new-yorks-350th-birthday-party-your-invitation-isnt-lost-in-the-mail.html

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Eyes Wide Open

Have you ever looked through a Telescope before?

Did you know that it was a Dutchman called Hans Lippershey who'd created the first telescope, by being the first person to apply for a patent, thus awarding Lippershey creator status.

There's a link to an article below that tells the story of how Lippershey had come to think of the telescope, but it's debatable and I'll let you make your own minds up.

https://www.space.com/21950-who-invented-the-telescope.html

Pictures shown above are of a pair of binoculars and a viewer, which looks like a human telescope. The link below will explain who and when their respective versions of the telescope/binoculars came about, i.e. Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton and so on.

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-telescope-4076588

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The WAY of the SUB

The Dutch have been avid inventors/creators for centuries and are known to even have the Submarine on their books. The concept was initially created by an Englishman called William Bourne, but the first actual sub was constructed by Dutchman Cornelis Drebbel in the 1620's. Now that's what I call an Anglo-Dutch partnership done good, just look at the kind of submarines there are at sea today. To think that the first submarine was propelled by oars back then and now nuclear generators, literally makes one sit back into one's chair. There's a nice link for plenty of further Dutch inventions if you wish to continue 'Digging into the Dutch'.

https://www.iamexpat.nl/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/10-important-dutch-inventions

Thanks for taking the time to dig along with me.