Seaport and largest city of the modern Netherlands. In the 16th century it replaced Antwerp as the commercial and financial center of Europe. Amsterdam's magistrates became more powerful than the Dutch government itself, but the city declined in the 18th century.
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"We made a most delightful incognito expedition.... No one knew us - anywhere or at the little inn. We went under the names of Lord and Lady Churchill, and Lady Churchill and General Grey who...


