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Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)

Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War

? WILLIAM DILLINGHAM : CAMBRIDGE

Map of the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 (Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium) 51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E

c.1657

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; formerly guarded into a volume | 22.3 x 30.0 cm (image) | RCIN 721104

A low oblique view of the Battle of Nieuwpoort, fought on 2 July 1600 between the Dutch, commanded by Maurice of Nassau, and the Spanish Habsburg army, commanded by Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (13 November 1559-13 July 1621), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, and Francisco de Mendoza, Admiral of Aragón (bap.21 August 1550-1 March 1623), Commander-in-Chief of the Habsburg army of Flanders, resulting in a Dutch victory. The Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648).

Originally published in, and probably removed from: Francis Vere, The Commentaries of Sr. Francis Vere, Cambridge: Printed by John Field for William Dillingham 1657.

See the notes to RCINs 721099 and 721102.

  • ? William Dillingham : Cambridge (publisher)

    John Field (active 1652-69) (printer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-Holland
    Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)
    Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621)
    Army-Spain
  • Watermark: Cross in a double circle, the letters N C / S L C below

    Condition: one fold line; remains of old guard on verso along fold; gilt edges left and right (probably along the leading edges from the volume in which it was bound)

  • 21.6 x 30.0 cm (neatline)

    22.3 x 30.0 cm (image)

    24.6 x 32.5 cm (platemark)

    28.9 x 38.3 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    THE BATTEL AT NEVPORT, A.D. 1600 [in panel, across top of print]

    Additional text:

    [in the title panel, top right:] page 80.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Nieuport 2 July 1600.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, partly erased:] I/[?]7; [right, red pencil:] 1/93; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Nieuport; [top right, black pencil, erased:] 1600.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Nieuport The Battel at Neuport 1600.

  • Subject(s)

    Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium (51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E)

Page revisions

  • 25 May 2024