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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of Holland or the Netherlands - Geographicus - Holland-pinkerton-1818.jpg Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of Holland Covers what is essentially today's Netherlands between the Belgium and Germany Offers excellent undersea detail regarding various shoals and other dangers including the Broad Fourteen Sand Also shows the elaborate system of canals and irrigation networks throughout the region Offers considerable detail with political divisions and color coding at the regional level Identifies cities towns castles important battle sites castles swamps mountains and river ways Title plate in the upper left quadrant Two mile scales in Dutch and German Miles and British Statute Miles also appear in the lower right quadrant Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 20 5 object history credit line accession number Holland-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of the Netherlands 1818 maps English language maps of Europe | ||||
