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Satirical print on the proposed steamship connection between the Netherlands and America, 1869
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Satirical print on the proposed steamship connection between the Netherlands and America. A Dutch sailor and an American shake hands. Following the brochure titled 'Brug over den Oceaan' by M.A. Jansen on the direct steamship connection between Vlissingen and New York. Plate published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 31, 1869.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSpotprent over de voorgenomen stoomvaart verbinding tussen Nederland en Amerika, 1869. 1869. Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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