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Map of the grietenij Weststellingwerf
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Map of the grietenij Weststellingwerf

Caspar Luyken · 1698 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Top left: coat of arms of Weststellingwerf. Top right: legend, bottom right: cartouche with title and administrative information about the grietenij. Surrounding it: a farmer, a hunter, and the coat of arms of grietman jonker Willem van Haren the Younger. To the left of it: peat cutters at work. Below the cartouche: scale bar: Measure of 1200 royal rods, making a walking hour, of which 2000 make a common Dutch mile of 15 in a degree.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKaart van de grietenij Weststellingwerf. 1698. Caspar Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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