16, the end of the century, that is, more than 400 years ago, a branch of the Send and prize philosophy Mingjiaobalun, he is a businessman is also a captain. In order to avoid fierce competition in maritime trade, he led the 17 crew set sail in an attempt to open up north from the Netherlands to reach a new navigation routes in Asia. They have three elegant --- now a Russian island, is located in the Arctic Circle. In the early morning of the day, they suddenly find themselves navigating the ship in the Woman back, this time they were aware of the imminent danger of ice. But it was too late, after strenuous efforts, they eventually had to abandon efforts to return to the ship berthed at the island next. They are to meet later from a variety of inclement weather. The Arctic Circle on Earth is the coldest one of the region, one of only a few months, warm weather, long and harsh winter, there is no mountains to stop the terrible wind. The biting cold winds near the Arctic Circle region and blizzard common, unusually fierce, no fetters. No human existence on the island of three elegant, often covered with snow 3 m thick, thick snow was 40 to 50 degrees below zero in the freezing cold, becomes as hard as granite. Barents captain and 17 sailors of the Punishment smile only in this isolated conditions through the 8-month long cold winter. They removed the fuel on board the deck to do in order to maintain body temperature in extreme cold, by hunting to survive just to get clothes and food, desperately waiting for the thaw season. The danger in such a poor, 8 individuals died. However, the Barents captain and 17 sailors of the Women's shoes and feet has done a thing hard to imagine that they did not move other people entrusted to their goods, which in goods alone can save the lives of their clothing and medicine. Winter to spring, survived the Barents captain of the Netherlands and 9 crew finally goods back almost intact Netherlands, to the hands of the client. At the time, the Barents captain and crew of the practice shocked the whole of Europe, but also to the Netherlands as a whole has brought obvious benefits, and that is to win the maritime trade in the world market. At that time, the Netherlands, only 1,500,000 of the population, the total land area of 41,500 square kilometers. If the land, resources, population and other factors to measure, almost did not have as a country to survive. However, the King of Spain had been declared to be an integral part of the sacred Spain, will have their own country entrusted to the protection of Britain's Queen Elizabeth I of the Netherlands, 16 in the final end of the century have their own country, began to rise in the To enter a low profile in the world Lin. The 17th century, the Netherlands has a virtual monopoly on Europe's maritime trade, trade and influence extended to almost every corner of the earth to become the world's economic center and the most affluent areas. Even now, the Netherlands is still the world's most economically developed countries, gross domestic product in the world's top ranked 15, the per capita income of 20,000 U.S. dollars, the authority of the economic research institute recognized as the world's international competitiveness ranking in the first Bit. There is no doubt that the rise of the Netherlands, to a large extent from the Barents captain and 17 sailors of the Netherlands for the price with his life, beliefs watch for the Netherlands after the mass merchants have created the world's business law: life is more important than integrity.

ruokahaaste: Faith+and+life+choices45 (last edited 2008-10-24 17:58:11 by becausepoor162654)