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Signalstar said:
papflesje said:
hotrodx said:
I've always wondered why the Dutch is a selectable nationality in Sid Meier's Pirates!. Were they really *that* influential?

 

One of the great naval countries of the past, alongside the british and the portuguese.  So... yeah, they were.


 

Someone had to start the slave trade.

And name New York before it was New York. That whole "Dutch West India Company" thing was a pretty big deal back in the day, too.

 




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