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Beer In Ads #1826: Admiral de Ruyter — Greatest Of Holland’s Sea Captains

February 19, 2016 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1914, No. 9 in another series they did in 1914-15 called the “National Heroes Series.” The ninth one features Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, who “was a Dutch admiral. He is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history, most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably being the Raid on the Medway. The pious De Ruyter was very much loved by his sailors and soldiers; from them his most significant nickname derived: Bestevaêr (older Dutch for ‘grandfather’.)”

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: History, The Netherlands



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