Title

Map of North Holland, c.1700-c.1710. Creator: Nicolaes Visscher.

Caption

Map of North Holland, c.1700-c.1710. 'Kennemaria et Westfrisia vulgo et vernaculé Noord-Holland tam in minores quam Praecipuas Ditiones...'. Showing the southern tip of Texel, Wieringen, Marken and a small section of South Holland. At the bottom right scale in German and French miles (1: 150,000). At the bottom right the title, farmers with cheeses, butter and milk. At top left, dedication and putti with the imperial crown and coat of arms, allegorical figures - one holding a windmill looking at an image of a lock.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A89_098

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75,9Mb (6,1Mb) / 15,8in x 18,6in / 4748 x 5584 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation nature Europe river rivers Latin sea animal coast building food drink dairy arts coastal bird birds engineering islands coastline lock eagle sand art island museum geography Netherlands Dutch color bird of prey canal canals windmill location century empire milk cherub cherubs print sandy cheese concept cheeses North Sea civil engineering mythology angelic watercolour raptor dike dyke milk churn engraved engraving putto dairy product Horn of Plenty Dykes Colour sandbank cornucopia water transport SANDBANKS coat of arms 18th century cherubim dikes Eighteenth Century heraldry double-headed eagle geographical feature heraldic Holy Roman Empire putti Rijksmuseum TGN Zuiderzee map flood defence amorini blazon paper milk churns Pieter Heritage Art Low Countries Zuider Zee Zuyder Zee double headed eagle Shield of Arms watercolour (paint) paper Nicolaes Visscher Visscher Nicolaes Nicolaes Visscher II Pieter Schenk Schenk Peter Schenk Peter Schenk the Elder Petrus Schenck Pieter Schenk I