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VLAARDINGEN , a See also:river See also:port of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, in the See also:province of See also:South Holland, on the See also:Maas, 6 m. by See also:rail W. of See also:Rotterdam. Pop. 17,000. A very old See also:town and the seat of a former margraviate belonging to the See also:counts of Holland, Vlaardingen is now chiefly important as the centre of the See also:great See also:herring and See also:cod See also:fisheries of the See also:North See also:Sea. Its only ornaments are the old See also:market-See also:place and the gardens formed by the See also:purchase in 1825
of a seat called the See also:Hof. The See also:chief See also:industries are those connected with the large fishing See also:trade.
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