• The historical journey of the tulip to Holland

  • Mar 3 2021
  • Length: 24 mins
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The historical journey of the tulip to Holland

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  • The tulip is a mountain flower originality from Central Asia, It moved with Turkish tribes to what became the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey). The Ottomans have the credit for the first cultivation of the tulip. In the 16th century bulbs slowly spread into Europe. Carolus Clusius officially introduced the tulip in Holland with his studies of the flower. Popular from the start, tulip bulbs became the subject of speculation, for a short period. The tulip remained popular however and Holland slowly became the world leading nation in tulip growing, cultivation and tulip trade. 

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