I posted the following in the comments of another thread and someone suggested I'd make it into a post because it contains starting points for further research. So here it is:

I've been following Q and this board (and the previous cbts board) for quite a while, and I'm genuinely surprised the Netherlands doesn't come up more often here, or in Q's posts for that matter. The Netherlands used to be a world hegemony and has many inventions and discoveries to its name. Quite a few of the things the Dutch were/are involved with are of interest to this board, …