Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Kallo and Verrebroek, 1638
NIEVWE CAERT / vande ghelegentheÿt vande fortē van Calloo Verrebroeck met de dÿcken soo die selue sÿn door / ghesneden en ghefortificert ghewest
1638 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:23,000 approx. | RCIN 722130
A high oblique view/map of the retaking from the Dutch, commanded by William of Nassau (13 August 1592-18 July 1642), of Forts Kallo and Verrebroek on 20 June 1638 by the Spanish, commanded by Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609/10-9 November 1641), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Oriented with north to top (cardinal points).
This print shows the events between 13/14 June, when William occupied Fort Liefkenshoek (not marked on this map) up river from Kallo. The Dutch forces were sent to harrass the Spaniards in Forts Verrebroek and Sainte Marie (both shown in the print) and on 18 June took Fort Kallo only for it to be retaken by the Spanish, following a bloody battle in which the Dutch were soundly defeated, on 20 June.
Pieter Verbiest II (c. 1605-1693) (publisher) [bottom right, inside neatline:] T’ANTWERPEN / gedruckt bÿ Peeter Verbist op / de Lombaerde vest in America
Watermark: Monogram NR [rest cropped]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of old guard along centre fold
Scale: 1:23,000 approx. Scale bar: Schale van 500 roeden van 20 voet Brabants [126 =]; Schale van 1500 paßen ÿder pas tot 5 voet [95 =].
32.5 x 39.2 cm (image and neatline)
32.8 x 39.6 cm (platemark)
35.6 x 43.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
NIEVWE CAERT / vande ghelegentheÿt vande fortē van Calloo Verrebroeck met de dÿcken soo die selue sÿn door / ghesneden en ghefortificert ghewest [top centre, in cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in cartouche, two keys, 1-15:] Verklaringe vanden dÿck / en t'schoor van Calloo. [and, 16-30:] Verklaringe vanden / Beuerschen dÿck [top left, on the face of the map, a key, a-i. k, l:] Verklaringe van Verrebroeck.
Annotations:
George III heading: Forts Calloo and Verrebroeck retaken from the Dutch by the Spaniards in 1638.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Calloo A Plan of Forts Calloo and Verrebroeck retaken from the Dutch by the Spaniards in 1638: by P. Verbist. [The same entry appears under the heading Verrebroek.]
Subject(s)
Kallo [Calloo], Flanders, Belgium (51°15ʹ09ʺN 04°16ʹ31ʺE)
Fort van Verrebroek, Flander, Belgium (51°15ʹ00ʺN 04°12ʹ00ʺE)
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. 3034
O. van Nimwegen, The Dutch army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, Woodbridge 2010, pp. 256-7
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