A OF D#5 WOULDN'T YOU RATHER BE DUTCH? Traditional Cache
A OF D#5 WOULDN'T YOU RATHER BE DUTCH?
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When people hear the name The Netherlands,or Holland, they usually think of tulips, polders, dikes, windmills and wooden shoes. All of those things have indeed, made The Netherlands famous. However, there are also many famous people who have called, and still call, Holland their home. I would like you to take a look at the list below, and see how many of these Hollanders, you recognize. MUSIC Johan Wagenaar Eddie Van Halen PAINTING Hieronymus Bosch Vincent Van Gogh Rembrandt Van Rijn WRITERS Anne Frank Jan Den Hartog EXPLORERS Willem Barentze Abel Tasman SPORTS Arie Luyendyk Tom Okker Rik Smits POLITICS/RELIGION Willem III of Orange - King of England Pope Adrian VI Peter Stuyvesant INVENTORS Cornelis Corneliszoon - the sawmill Anton Von Leeuwenhoek - the microscope Hans Lippershey - the telescope Cornelius Dreddel - the submarine Christian Huygens - the pendulum clock Jan Van Der Heyden - the fire hose Willem Einthoven -the electric cardiograph COMPANIES GATSOMETER BV - traffic enforcement camera PHILLIPS - compact cassette, compact disc SPYKER - first four wheel drive in 1903 OTHER FAMOUS HOLLANDERS Thomas a Kempis Desiderius Eramus Mata Hari Alfred Heineken Corrie Ten Boom So I ask you once again, "Wouldn't you rather be Dutch" The cache is only about 15 feet off the trail, so please place the covering back over the container. First to find gets a "gold" coin.
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Pnpur vf nobhg gra srrg bss gur genvy, naq pbirerq ol onex ba gur tebhaq.
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