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Map of Brabant and Namur, 1695 (Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E
1695 or laterEngraving and etching; printed on paper | Scale: 1:187,500 approx. | RCIN 724072
This is a re-issue, with a new title but no alterations to the positions of the encampments, of an earlier map by Visscher entitled ‘NIEUWE KAART VAN 'T GRAAFSCHAP NAMEN, MET EEN GROOT GEDEELTE VAN 'T HERTOGDOM BRABANT, / waar in aangewesen zyn de Campementen en Marches der Geallieerde en France Legers zoo tot Ontzet, als tot het Beleg van de zeer stercke Stad en Kasteel van Namen, van d’eerste mouvementen af, tot de berenning van dien, 1692’ in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France GE DD-2987 (4422).
The map extends from Dillebeeck (Dilbeek, Flanders, Belgium 50°50ʹ53ʺN 04°15ʹ35ʺE) in the north-west to Leeuw (Leuven, Flanders, Belgium 50°52ʹ47ʺN 04°42ʹ03ʺE) in the north-east, and from west of Dimont (Dimont, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France 50°10ʹ57ʺN 04°01ʹ14ʺE) in the south-west to Huy (Huy, Walloon Region, Belgium 50°31ʹ08ʺN 05°13ʹ58ʺE) and just south of Dinant (Dinant, Walloon Region, Belgium 50°15ʹ29ʺN 04°54ʹ42ʺE) in the south-east.
Inset: [bottom right, in rectangular panel: VERVAT VAN DE MAASSTROOM / van Dinant tot omtrent Charlemont en Givet
Scale: 1:812,500 approx.
Size: 11.9 x 15.3 cm (neatline).
Additional text: [top left, in rectangular panel, a key to the symbols used on the map:] VERKLARING / van de tekenen der Steden en Plaatzen / in deze Kaart [top right, in rectangular panel, a key to the symbols denoting the camps:] VERKLARING van de tekenen der Legers / in deze Kaart
Condition: two fold lines; brown discolouration; top right corner creased, perhaps formerly folded over. Verso: considerable surface dirt and brown discolouration and stains; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; strip of white paper pasted along top edge, perhaps to repair and old tear to the top of the fold line; brown ink spots; fragments from another map adhering to the paper.
Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702) (publisher) [top, following on from title:] tot Amsteldam by NICOLAUS VISSCHER met Privilegie van de Hoog-Mog: Heeren Staten General.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: two fold lines; brown discolouration; top right corner creased, perhaps formerly folded over. Verso: considerable surface dirt and brown discolouration and stains; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; strip of white paper pasted along top edge, perhaps to repair and old tear to the top of the fold line; brown ink spots; fragments from another map adhering to the paper
Scale: 1:187,500 approx. Scale bar: Een en een halve Myl [56 mm =].
45.0 x 60.2 cm (neatline)
47.7 x 60.8 cm (image)
48.1 x 61.8 cm (platemark)
49.6 x 62.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
NIEUWE KAART VAN 'T GRAAFSCHAP NAMEN, MET EEN GROOT GEDEELTE VAN 'T HERTOGDOM BRABANT, / waar in na ordre aangewezen zyn de Campementen en Marches der Geallieerde Legers tot de Belegering van de zeer stercke Stad en Kasteel van Namen, van d’eerste mouvementen af, tot de berenning van dien. [across top of map]
Inset:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel: VERVAT VAN DE MAASSTROOM / van Dinant tot omtrent Charlemont en Givet
Scale: 1:812,500 approx.
Size: 11.9 x 15.3 cm (neatline).
Additional text:[top left, in rectangular panel, a key to the symbols used on the map:] VERKLARING / van de tekenen der Steden en Plaatzen / in deze Kaart [top right, in rectangular panel, a key to the symbols denoting the camps:] VERKLARING van de tekenen der Legers / in deze Kaart
Annotations:
George III heading: Namur 1695.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom centre, black pencil, cropped and illegible.]
George III catalogue entry:
Namur Kaart van ’t Graafschap Namen met een groot gedeelte van ’t Hertogdom Brabant waar in na ordre aangewezen zyn de Campementen en Marches der Geallieerde Legers tot de Belegering van de Stad van Namen in 1695: by N. Visscher.
Subject(s)
Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E)
Page revisions
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