Author: Jacob van Deventer

Map of Holland, The Netherlands 1558

Wall map of North and South Holland et al., Mapped by Jacob van Deventer in 1537 and printed at Bernard van den Putte in Antwerp, February 19, 1558. This 4-page map (numbered 5, 6, 7, 8) is from the facsimile edition "The Dutch maps of the Dutch provinces" of Jacob van Deventer, from the sixteenth century. The original woodcut card consisting of 9 pieces was found in the Wroclaw City Library (Bleslau), but was lost in 1945. In 1994, at Canaletto in Alphen aan den Rijn was again a facsimile of Van Deventer's so important district maps, with an introduction by C. Koeman. (Google Translate from Dutch)

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