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Nijmegen double view
...the eastern river area. They dismantled the redoubt after a certain period of time. After the recapture in 1590, Maurits van Oranje had the redoubt reinforced and expanded into a...
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Portrait Abraham Ortelius
Galle’s famous oneliner The bottom cartouche reads: Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. orbem, Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. Or: Ortelius gave the mortals the world to admire and Galle gave the world...
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Luxembourg, city
...the dukes. Cartographer: Jacob van Deventer Taschen on Luxembourg The bird’s-eye view from the south illustrates the city’s solid ramparts and its location on the River Alzette with its loop...
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Mauritius and Banda islands
Mauritius and Banda islands The views are: top left: the island of Mauritius. Remark the dodo! top right: Banda islands of Gunnanappi, Labetacq and Ortatan bottom left: the town of...
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Zeeland Veredelt
Zeelandt Veredelt The arms of “Heeren Gecommitteerde Raden of Zeeland and its Admiralty, the Heeren gecommitteerde ter Rekenkamer, the Heeren Raedsheeren in den Rade van Vlaenderen. Stadtholder Willem III sits...
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Flandria or Flanders
Flandria, Mercator’s map The «egg» 19 of Flanders is one of the most famous maps by Ortelius, not only because of its special shape. Ortelius used this format for his...
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Asia Nova Descriptio by Ortelius
Asia Nova Descriptio Ortelius’ fine map of Asia well represents the continent at a time when Europeans were expanding their power in the far east. Showing all of Asia, India,...
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California and New Mexico
...Channel islands of California (before Los Angeles). Toponyms are in Dutch or Spanish. Original title: Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Nieuw Mexico en van California. . . MDCCLXV .....
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Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada
...fight a battle in the Davis Strait. Title: De Noordelyck zee kusten van America van Groenland door de Straet Davis ende Straet Hudson tot Terra Neuf apud Title Translation: North...
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Bergen op Zoom
...has been made after a design by Jacob van Deventer. Taschen on Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom, which arose in the Middle Ages out of the fusion of three...
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