Paper ‘Campanilismo’ on Blaeu’s Map of Bologna
A conspicuous piece of paper tells a great story.
Category: Maps and Atlases
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A disastrous fortification
Walls of the settlement at Bimilipatnam collapsed due to disastrous construction. VOC authorities were furious. -
Sailing to Asia
The Western manuscripts collection contains valuable treasures leading their readers to the Asian continent. Eleven historical travel journals are now digitized. -
A school map of the Relief of Leiden in 1574
The third of October, boats with white bread, herring and cheese relieved the people of Leiden. -
Blaeu’s Italian Promise
The most beautiful, but also least known of Joan Blaeu’s works. -
An Embossed Map of Vienna by Georg Bauerkeller
A very special technique of embossing in mapmaking. -
Bahía lost, Sluis regained
Alternative facts in 1625: an unknown newsprint of the Spanish capturing the city of Salvador in Brazil illustrated with a re-used woodcut of the siege of Sluis -
The Siege of Groenlo
One contemporary handdrawn map of the siege has survived. -
Woerden defended by water
A small atlas with manuscript plans showing the fortification of Woerden. -
Four views on Leiden
Jos Agasi's visualisation of the characteristic shape of the Leiden city centre gave surprising results. -
Leiden on the map
One of the first printed maps of the town, published just after the relief of Leiden 'at the house of Johannes Liefrinck'