Map of dike breach in the Bommelerwaard, 1809, Figurative Map of the breach in the Meidijk in the Bommelerwaard, occurred on the 30th of January 1809, print, book illustration, map, printmaker, publisher, Amsterdam, Netherlands, paper, etching, height 276 mm x width 407 mm, A sepia-toned map-like drawing showing a wide horizontal layout with shaded waterways and landforms, including an irregular island shape near the center with contour hatching and small tree symbols on adjacent areas, sinuous rivers on both left and right edges with fine parallel line shading to indicate flow, a long narrow raised embankment or dyke running across the lower central area with small hatch marks along its length, several curved channels and loops connecting to the main waterways, short lines and stippled shading indicating terrain and marshy patches, tiny rectangular structures and linear features suggesting built elements near the embankment, delicate cross-hatching and dotted textures used throughout ...
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Map of dike breach in the Bommelerwaard, 1809, Figurative Map of the breach in the Meidijk in the Bommelerwaard, occurred on the 30th of January 1809, print, book illustration, map, printmaker, publisher, Amsterdam, Netherlands, paper, etching, height 276 mm x width 407 mm, A sepia-toned map-like drawing showing a wide horizontal layout with shaded waterways and landforms, including an irregular island shape near the center with contour hatching and small tree symbols on adjacent areas, sinuous rivers on both left and right edges with fine parallel line shading to indicate flow, a long narrow raised embankment or dyke running across the lower central area with small hatch marks along its length, several curved channels and loops connecting to the main waterways, short lines and stippled shading indicating terrain and marshy patches, tiny rectangular structures and linear features suggesting built elements near the embankment, delicate cross-hatching and dotted textures used throughout to define elevation and surface, a thin decorative border framing the entire image and faint scattered spots of age on the paper surface.

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Map dike breach Bommelerwaard 1809 Figurative Map breach Meidijk occurred 30th January 1809 print book illustration map printmaker publisher Amsterdam Netherlands paper etching height 276 mm x width 407 mm sepia-toned map- drawing showing wide horizontal layout shaded waterways landforms irregular island shape near center contour hatching small tree symbols adjacent areas sinuous rivers left right edges fine parallel line shading indicate flow long narrow raised embankment dyke running across lower central area small hatch marks length several curved channels loops connecting main waterways short lines stippled shading indicating terrain marshy patches tiny rectangular structures linear features suggesting built elements near delicate cross-hatching dotted textures define elevation surface thin decorative border framing entire image faint scattered spots age paper surface

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