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Map of Rheinberg, 1726
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Map of Rheinberg, 1726

anonymous · 1726 · etching; paper

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

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Plan of the defensive works around the city of Rheinberg. Plate no. 207 in part IX of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme aussi les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this first part with 238 hand-numbered plates of famous strong cities and fortresses in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713. Most of these plates are copied from the anonymous French plates of famous strong cities and fortresses: in Les forces de l'Europe and in: Le theatre de la guerre, dans les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. Titles and inscriptions in French and Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePlattegrond van Rheinberg, 1726. 1726. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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