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Map of the Seventeen Provinces
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Map of the Seventeen Provinces. In the upper right the title cartouche with among others Minerva, Cybele, river gods and the Dutch maiden with a lion. In the upper left a cartouche with legend and information on the number of cities per province, above it Fama. Below it some figures, including possibly a self-portrait of Carel Allard pointing with a burin to the letter A. In the lower left a frame with two scales: 7 Milliaria Germanica communia / 8 Milliaria Gallica communia. The map is provided with a search grid and a degree division along the edges.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKaart van de Zeventien Provinciën. 1675. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.