Texel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Ships typically departed Amsterdam to gather together in their fleets there before leaving for New Netherland.
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Dutch ships in the roadstead of Texel (the 'Gouden Leeuw' of Cornelis Tromp in the center),Ludolf Backhuysen, 1671, wikimedia commons
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