De Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange opens in 1613. Historian Olfert Dapper notes admiringly: ‘On this Exchange, one might say, they trade the whole world or its riches. They speak of nothing here but the price of the goods, of fetching and sending cargoes, of loading and discharging ships, of exchange, of insurance and other such matters relating to commerce.’

De Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange opens in 1613. Historian Olfert Dapper notes admiringly: ‘On this Exchange, one might say, they trade the whole world or its riches. They speak of nothing here but the price of the goods, of fetching and sending cargoes, of loading and discharging ships, of exchange, of insurance and other such matters relating to commerce.’