Low Countries

低地／ low-countries　—　People & places

The region answering to today's Netherlands and Belgium.

Botdrager groot — A photograph of what this word names.

Vierlander (common silver of the four lands) — A photograph of what this word names.

A region of land reclaimed from the sea, lying below sea level. ⚠ Important in monetary history as a place where a community of merchants, without a king, first established a system of credit.