The Dutch Merchant fleet was the biggest in the world from 1600 till 1750. After that the English became the leading country.
"the Netherlands"
1600
Fur trading
The largest island in the world before 1600 was Antarctica. It hadn't been discovered yet, but it was already the largest, just sitting there waiting to be found.
Spain was the largest country in Western Europe from 1580-1640, as they controlled all of the Iberian peninsula at this time. However, from 1640 until today, France has been the largest country in Western Europe.
1600 AD
Constantinople
philadelphia
Natwest banking is a commercial bank in the UK. It was founded in 1968 with it headquaters in bishops gate london. It has 1600 branches and 3400 throughout Great Britian.
i think salt, because in 1600 there were lots of trading going on and salt was valuable.
spain