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Map of the Biesbos river area
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Map of the Biesbos river area

Nicolaes Visscher (I) · 1680 - 1690 · engraving; hand coloring; paper; watercolor (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Map of the area around the Biesbosch in South Holland. Bottom left a cartouche with the title and three putti with the crowned coat of arms of Holland. In front of it water with a man and woman wading and next to it a sitting woman and man with a jug from which water flows. In the foreground a stone with the scale in Dutch and French miles with two putti holding a thumb rule (1:170,000).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
mapBiesbosch
Credit lineKaart van het rivierengebied Biesbos. 1680 - 1690. Nicolaes Visscher (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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