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The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and of Dutch maritime power .
Articles relating to the legendary ghost ship Flying Dutchman and its depictions. Pages in category "Flying Dutchman" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The Flying Dutchman is a 1890 novel by a British author Michael Arlen, published by Heinemann in the UK and by Doubleday Doran in the US. [1] It was his last book before he had his first child. The novel has been characterised as a psychological study of "an unfrightened man exploring the darkness of the mind."
Meder, Theo (2008), The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands, Libraries Unlimited, ISBN 978-1-59158-490-2 This article about a person from the Netherlands is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .
De Vliegende Hollander ride building. The legend tells that Willem van der Decken, a captain of the Dutch East India Company (VOC, the first limited company), is a wealthy trader in command of the fastest ship of the VOC, named the "Hollander" (Dutchman).
Joost van Straaten was an 18th-century sea captain whose soul was claimed by Mephisto. [2] In life, he was a greedy and cruel sailor who ignored warnings of a treacherous storm, resulting in his ship and crew being swallowed by the sea.
As a nickname, The Flying Dutchman may refer to: Johan Cruyff (1947-2016), Dutch footballer; Herman Everhardus (1912–1980), American college football player; Anthony Fokker (1890–1939), Dutch aircraft designer; Dan Gadzuric (born 1978), Dutch basketball player; Jurgen van den Goorbergh (born 1969), Dutch motorcycle road racer
Voyage of Slaves is the third and final novel in Brian Jacques' Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. It was released on September 13, 2006 in the UK and September 14, 2006 in the US. The cover art was illustrated by Michael Koelsch, who had previously illustrated the cover art of the first novel in the series. [1]