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Leopold Willem Ras
Leopold Willem Ras (1760s–1823) was a Dutch merchant-trader and diplomat. Life Ras was the son of Joannes Henricus Ras and Magdalena Elisabeth Putkamer, who baptized children in , a town at the mouth of the Scheldt river. In June 1785, Ras sailed from near his hometown as a ship's boy on board the ''Alblasserdam'' to work in East Asia with the Dutch East Indies Company (or ''Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie'' or VOC in Dutch).Leopold Willem Ras, on June 13, 1785 in the service of the Dutch East India Company at OpenArchives His father had apparently died before his departure, and until 1805 Ras sent payments home to his mother, Magdalena Elisabeth Putkamer. Before 1798, Ras was sent to Japan as a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scheldt
The Scheldt (french: Escaut ; nl, Schelde ) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of Netherlands, the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. Its name is derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English ' ("shallow"), English language, Modern English ''shoal'', Low German ''schol'', West Frisian language, West Frisian ''skol'', and Swedish language, Swedish (obsolete) ''skäll'' ("thin"). Course The headwaters of the Scheldt are in Gouy, Aisne, Gouy, in the Aisne department of northern France. It flows north through Cambrai and Valenciennes, and enters Belgium near Tournai. Ghent developed at the confluence of the Lys (river), Lys, one of its main tributaries, and the Scheldt, which then turns east. Near Antwerp, the largest city on its banks, the Scheldt flows west into the Netherlands toward the North Sea. Originally there were two branches from that point: the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt); and the Westersc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
