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Flanders, county of, western part, 1699

 Item — Oversize_Folder: 2
Identifier: id189675

Scope and Contents

(Wright Belgium/Holland Map No. 12)

Flandriæ Comitatus pars Occidentalis, in Terram Francam et Ejusdem Subjacentia Officia

[County of West Flanders, the French and the earth beneath the same duties]

Relief shown pictorially.

Nickolaus Visscher IIi, Amsterdam - geographer

Nickolaus Visscher III, Amsterdam - publisher

copper engraving,hand-colored, canvas backed folding map of 4 sheets

51 cm x 57 cm

1 : 133,000

Legend of symbols representing cities, villages, castles and water mills shown.

Map appears in Vissher's atlas titled : Atlas maior sive collectio mapparum variis autoribus. 1677.

Dates

  • Creation: 1699

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.30 Linear Feet

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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