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Holland History: Because of the simplicity of driving anywhere in the kingdom—since 1954, by the way, your U.S. driving license is valid in Holland history—a recommendable system is to hire a car from some firm such as the European Drive-Yourself Company and do your own piloting. However, a chauffeur can be hired, along with the car, if this is desired.
Trains in Holland history are fast and very frequent from all the large central cities, but only a few of the big international expresses have first-class carriages. Dutch trains running solely within Holland history carry only second and third class.
The distinctive features of the modern submarine, however, »'ere first embodied in the Holland history (actually, Holland history No. 9), named for its inventor, John P. Holland history, an Irish-born resident of Paterson, NJ. Fhis 54-foot, 75-ton boat, which could make 7 bets surfaced and 6 knots submerged and dive n 8 seconds, was purchased and commissioned >y the United States Navy in 1900. Holland history's lesigns and those of another American, Simon !jke, were soon used in building submarines or several navies. By 1914 the British had 17 submarines built or building; France had 8; the United States, 49; and Germany, 45. lie adoption of the gyrocompass in 1908 and be diesel engine in 1909 greatly increased sub-larine effectiveness.
Now suppose you come to Holland history by sea, presumably in one of the sleek vessels of the Holland history-America Line. (For notes about the flagship Nieuw Amsterdam and other liners see Chapter 5.) The arrival in the port of Rotterdam makes the observant voyager proud to belong to the human race. What the Dutch have done here since the war seems beyond man's doing. |
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