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Map of the Seventeen Provinces
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Map of the Seventeen Provinces

anonymous · 1659 · engraving; hand coloring; paper

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

About this work

Top left: cartouche with an overview of the provinces, topographical information, and legend. A man holding a map sits on this cartouche. Top right: title cartouche surrounded by the arms of the Seventeen Provinces. Below: scale bars: Mill Germa. comm. / Duytse mijen, Horae itiner. / Uren gaens. Below that: a mythological scene with Neptune, Salacia, and three tritons. Degree divisions along the edges. Orientation: north to the right.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKaart van de Zeventien Provinciën. 1659. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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