The River Mark
This small river played an essential role in the old trade route from Breda to Maastricht.
Long before cars and airplanes came into existence, waterways were already vital transport routes. The same was true here, for the Mark River. This small river played an essential role in the old trade route from Breda to Maastricht. The large ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) couldn’t go beyond Dordrecht. Goods—many of them spices from Asia—were transported by smaller boats from Holland to Breda. In Breda, the cargo was transferred to horse-drawn carts and carried along the trade route to Maastricht. The goods thus made a long and often dangerous journey. No wonder products were so valuable back then.
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