Key Figures and Terms of Tulip Mania
Dutch Bulb Traders
Trading occurred largely among merchants and traders in cities like Haarlem and Amsterdam, often through informal taverns and trade guilds rather than a centralized, formal exchange.
The "Semper Augustus" Tulip
Among the most famous and expensive tulip varieties of the era, prized for its distinctive red-and-white "broken" petal pattern — later understood to be caused by a mosaic virus infecting the bulb.