03.22 - A Mountain of Gold
The opening shots of the First Anglo-Dutch War.
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Show Notes
Two of the greatest naval commanders of the 17th century - Robert Blake and Maarten Tromp - face off in the English Channel. After months of growing hostilities, a refusal to salute English ships is enough to spark a shooting war between the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
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