Sujet

Jan Leeghwater, Dutch mill builder and hydraulic engineer, 1608 (c1870). Artist: W Steelink

Légende

Jan Leeghwater, Dutch mill builder and hydraulic engineer 1608 (c1870). Leeghwater was responsible for begiining the process of the reclamation of land from the North Sea in the Netherlands. Beginning in 1607, he drained the Beemster polder, the first to be created using windmills. By 1635 three further polders had been drained under his supervision. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1870

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C48_107

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,2Mo (5,4Mo) / 45,9cm x 27,4cm / 5422 x 3236 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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