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Zaandam

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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town in North Holland, 5 m. NW. of Amsterdam; intersected with a network of canals, with various manufactures, including shipbuilding, and a considerable trade; it was here Peter the Great wrought as a ship carpenter in 1699, and the house is still preserved in which he lived, with a stone tablet inscribed "Petro Magno Alexievitch."

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Zaandam'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​z/zaandam.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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