Acknowledgments and Overview of Literature and Sources
historians at Utrecht University, were closely and constantly in-
volved in my research and made very useful comments on my
academic texts. I acquired a better understanding of seventeenth-
century financial markets during my many discussions with Peter
Koudijs. Cátia Antunes helped me by deciphering and translating
letters written in Portuguese by Manuel Levy Duarte and Rodrigo
Dias Henriques.
As I was writing De bakermat van de beurs, Ine Soepnel
from Uitgeverij Atlas and her husband read my efforts critically.
Cherelt Kroeze from the Capital Amsterdam Foundation made
some comments on the text. Lynne Richards translated the book
into English. Comments on the manuscript were also made by
Eva Thompson, who deserves a special mention here for other
reasons too.
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