Philippe Vandermaelen From the 1820s, Vandermaelen systematically collected geographical data. After three years of work, this doctor’s son and self-taught artist published a first edition of the Atlas Universel in... More info
Flandriae pars occidentalis Janssonius, van Waesbergen and Moses Pitt The Atlas Maoir by Johannes Janssonius served as a basis for an atlas with English text, undertaken by Moses Pitt of... More info
...1569 was burried in Notre-Dame-de-la-Chapelle. The engraving is made after a plan from Guicciardini (1567), some topographical details may derive from a sketch by Jacob van Deventer (c. 1550). (Taschen)... More info
...vinden vant compas‘. The portal contains the Latinised coats of arms of the 17 Provinces, including Zutphen. The figures before the portal to the left and right of the text... More info
...took place during WWII, but from a military standpoint they were of no importance. Full title: Caerte vanden zee Custen, eennsdeels Normandien en Brittangen, met de Eijlanden daer ontrent ghelegen... More info
...TEXT: Following the catastrophic defeat of Varus and the subjugation of the Vandals, Octavianus Augustus conquered, rebuilt and enlarged Augusta Vindelicorum [Augsburg], a widely famed and very ancient city in... More info