Once among the city’s most envied merchants, Miguel has lost everything in a sudden shift in the sugar markets. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city’s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. It also introduced me to the concept of secret churches, which you can visit while you’re in Amsterdam. It’s a fun historical book about Amsterdam that really taught me a lot about the history of coffee. I liked the Coffee Trader although it’s not my favorite book. It’s big, so you might not finish Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City before your trip to Amsterdam, but you’ll be fascinated to learn how Amsterdam became the most liberal city in the world. You can find this book on Amazon!įor anyone who’s a history geek, this masterpiece about the history of Amsterdam is a must-read. If you are looking for more in-depth travel advice about Belgium and the Netherlands, I created a guidebook on behalf of Moon Travel about Amsterdam, Brussels, and Bruges.
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