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Baron de Ripperda’s grand plans for Spain’s revival
The Dutch envoy Baron de Ripperda aided reforms across church, printing, trade, and navigation. He aimed Cadiz as Europe’s premier port, reformed the tobacco trade, funded naval stores factories, and modernized Aranjuez and Madrid. He founded a Cadiz college for 400 youths to train navigators, preparing captains to free Spain from foreign rule.
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Baron de Ripperda
Madrid
Antwerp
John de Geneche
Cadiz
Europe
Havandy
Aranjuez
Speir
Jong
Holland