Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Flanders, 1600
POURTRAICT DU HARDI ET BELLI / QUEUX VOYAGE FAICT PAR SON EXCELLENCE / Accompagné des Puissants nobles Estats des provinces unies, / Anno 1600
1616: reprinted c.1633 or laterEtching and engraving; printed from two copperplates on two sheets of paper, joined; formerly mounted on paper (Mount Type A), mount now cropped | Scale: 1:75,000 approx. | RCIN 721098
A high oblique view/map of the expedition of the Dutch army to land on the Flemish coast on 22 June 1600 preparatory to the proposed taking of Nieuwpoort. The Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648). Oriented with south to top.
In the summer of 1600 Maurice of Nassau was ordered by the States General to continue the conquest of the coastal strip of Flanders as far south as Nieuport and Dunkirk. This view/map shows the Dutch forces, under the command of Prince Maurice, crossing the Schelde with a fleet of 8,000 ships and landing on the Philippine Polder on 22 June 1600, then marching to Assenede on 23 June, reaching Ecklo on the 25th and showing the route taken to Ostend.
The view covers the coast from Gensche Tsas (Sas van Gent (51°13ʹ39ʺN 03°47ʹ55ʺE), through Phillippinen (Philippine 51°16ʹ51ʺN 03°45ʹ35ʺE), Rammekens (Fort Rammekens 51°27ʹ09ʺN 03°39ʹ14ʺE), Flissingæ (Vlissingen 51°26ʹ33ʺN 03°34ʹ25ʺE), Oostende (51°13ʹ24ʺN 02°54ʹ43ʺE) and Nievpoort (Nieuwpoort 510748N 024505E). The inland towns of Sluis (51°18ʹ30ʺN 03°23ʹ10ʺE) and Brugge (51°12ʹ32ʺN 03°13ʹ27ʺE) are depicted in detail.
The original printing of this view/map was made in 1616. The example catalogued here was reprinted, probably by Hondius, with extensive topographical revisions to the coastal areas, including two new forts, at Sluis and west of Brugge, as well as other works, in or after, 1633 (the new forts are dated 1633 on the print).
Floris Balthasarsz. van Berckenrode (1562/3-1616) (printmaker and publisher) [bottom right, bottom of cartouche:] CVM PRIVILEGIO ORDINVM FŒDE / RATARVM PROVINCIARVM BELGII / FLORENTIVS BALTASAR DELPHĒ
Hendrik Hondius I (1573-1650) (publisher) [top left, in ornate panel bottom of cartouche:] Henricus Hondius excudit. 1616.
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) (author) [top left, in cartouche at the end of the poem:] Hugo Grotius.
Watermark: Coat of arms
Condition: five fold lines. Verso: brown staining; remains of Mount Type A; no gilt edges
Scale: 1:75,000 approx. Scale bar: Scala Milliarum Flandriæ & Germaniæ. [101 mm =] Een mÿl.
41.3 x 107.4 cm (image and sheet)
Printed title:
POURTRAICT DU HARDI ET BELLI / QUEUX VOYAGE FAICT PAR SON EXCELLENCE / Accompagné des Puissants nobles Estats des provinces unies, / Anno 1600. [top right, in cartouche]
Dedication:
[bottom left, in an ornamental frame:] Descriptionem hanc Flandrice expeditionis Illustribus præpotentibus DD.DD / ORDINIBVS HOLLANDIÆ WESTFRISIÆ, Et Illustri Ge / nerosissimoque: D D ERNESTO NASSAVIO, huius ante alios, / ductu illorū vere maximo auspicys pactæ dedicó inventor, / FLORENTIVS BALTHASARI F. | Devotissimus cultor.
Inset:
[top, right of centre, in an ornamental cartouche, without title, a small-scale high oblique view of Dunkirk and its hinterland as far inland as Wynoxberge.] Size: 11.6 x 15.0 cm (neatline).
Additional text:
[top, right of centre, below title, in title cartouche:] TABLE DES LIEUX OU ILS SE LOGERENT …; [left, in a decorative cartouche surmounted by a figure symbolising peace, with the figure of justice to the right, two verses, begin:] FLANDRIA si nondum perÿsti tota nec idem … Hugo Grotius. [right, in ornamental cartouche surmounted by a lion sejant with the right paw holding an olive branch and wreath and a woman holding an olive branch to the left; an explanation to the letters and numbers on the map; text begins:] Brieve anotation du Siege d’Ostende, En premier lieu / ce qui touche a son … [bottom right, in a cartouche, a poem in Dutch:] Heeft oÿt vaeljantheÿt Gebleken …
Annotations:
George III heading: Flanders 1600.
Other anotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, red pencil:] 1/86 [and, black pencil:] I/90.
George III catalogue entry:
Flanders Pourtraict du hardi et belliquex Voyage faict par Son Exellence (le Prince Maurice de Nassau) accompagné des puissants nobles Estats des Provinces Unies, anno 1600: par Florentius Balthasari, chez H. Hondius, 1616. 2 feuilles.
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2741
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