HOLLAND, one of the United Provinces. It is about one hundred miles long from north to south, and scarce thirty miles broad: but enjoys the greatest trade of any province in the world, and in point of strength and riches is equal to the other six united provinces. It is situated one hundred miles east of England, and is bounded on the north and west by the German sea, on the east by the Zuider sea, and on the south by the provinces of Zealand and Utrecht.