See also:

• DORDRECHT (abbreviated Dordt, or Dort)

DORDRECHT (abbreviated Dordt, or See also:

• DORT, SYNOD OF

Dort)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• RIVER

river-See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Holland, on the south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the Merwede, and a junction station 122 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.E. of See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam . See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam ferries connect it with Papendrecht and Zwyndrecht on the opposite See also:

• SHORE

shore, and it has excellent communication by See also:

• WATER

water in every direction . Pop . (1900) 38,386 . See also:

• DORDRECHT (abbreviated Dordt, or Dort)

Dordrecht presents a picturesque See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance with its busy quays and numerous canals and windmills, its See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint streets and curiously gabled houses . The Groote Kerk, of Our See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady, whose massive See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower forms a conspicuous See also:

• OBJECT

object in the views of the town, See also:

• DATES

dates from the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and contains some finely carved stalls (1540) by See also:

• JAN

Jan Terween Aertsz, a remarkable See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit (1759), many old monuments and a set of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold communion See also:

• PLATE

plate . In the town museum is an interesting collection of paintings, chiefly by See also:

• MODERN

modern artists, but including also pictures by some of the older masters, among whom See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand Bol, the two Cuyps, See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas See also:

• MAES, NICOLAS (1632-1693)

Maes, Godefried See also:

• SCHALCKEN, GODFRIED (1643-1706)

Schalcken, and in later times Ary See also:

• SCHEFFER, ARY (1795-1858)

Scheffer, were all natives of Dordrecht . The celebrated 17th-century statesman See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John de Witt was also a native of the town . See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

Close to the museum is one of the old See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates, rebuilt in 1618, and now containing a collection of antiquities belonging to the Oud-Dordrecht Society . The South See also:

• AFRICAN

African Museum (1902) contains memorials of the See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1899-1902 . The See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of Dordrecht still has a large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, but much has been diverted to Rotterdam . Large quantities of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood are imported from See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, Scandinavia and See also:

• AMERICA

America .

There are numerous saw-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding yards, See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORKS

works, distilleries, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar refineries, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco factories, See also:

• LINEN

linen bleacheries and stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead works . Dordrecht was founded by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• DIRK

Dirk III. of Holland in 1o18, becoming a town about 1200 . One of the first towns in the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands to embrace the reformed See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion and to throw off the yoke of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, it was in 1572 the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the deputies who asserted the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces . In 1618 and 1619 it was the seat of the See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod of See also:

• DORT, SYNOD OF

Dort (q.v.) .