This explains why types of different boats are found along the same river and the same country.
So, old forms and old customs last through the ages and our country can pride itself not only on a glorious past but also on its ability to maintain so enviable a place in the domain of naval architecture, for the words that WITSEN wrote in 1671:
“In ’t overleg van een zuinig meester
bestaet al ’t geheim van
goedkoop bouwen.”[27]
can always be applied to our able builders of ships.
[27] The entire secret of economical construction lies in the reasoning of a careful builder.
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OP WELKE WIJZE DE SCHEEPSBOUW ZICH HEEFT VERPLAATST VOOR 1500(1)