Dutch Ship de Zeven Provincin (1665) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! De Zeven Provincin was a Dutch ship of the line, originally armed with 80 guns. The name of the ship was also written as De 7 Provincin. The literal translation is "The Seven Provinces," the name referring to the fact that the Dutch Republic in the 17th century was a confederation of seven autonomous provinces. The vessel was originally built in 1664-65 for the Admiralty of the Maas in Rotterdam, by Master Shipbuilder Salomon Jansz van den Tempel.