Map of the Delft Figurative map, consisting of four parts, Johannes de Ram, after Jan Verkolje (I), 1703 - 1752 print Map of the Delft Figurative Map. At the top left a cartouche with a performance referring to the College of the Great Fisheries of Holland and West-Friesland. Around Tritons, other sea creatures and the weapons of the five most important herring cities of Brielle, Delft, Enkhuizen, Rotterdam and Schiedam. At the top of the middle two weapons of the city of Delft, flanked by two lions. At the top right a cartouche with a deployment map of the Delfland Water Board and a bowl: Mil
Map of the Delft Figurative map, consisting of four parts, Johannes de Ram, after Jan Verkolje (I), 1703 - 1752 print Map of the Delft Figurative Map. At the top left a cartouche with a performance referring to the College of the Great Fisheries of Holland and West-Friesland. Around Tritons, other sea creatures and the weapons of the five most important herring cities of Brielle, Delft, Enkhuizen, Rotterdam and Schiedam. At the top of the middle two weapons of the city of Delft, flanked by two lions. At the top right a cartouche with a deployment map of the Delfland Water Board and a bowl: Milliare Hollandicu Sive 2000 Virgae Rhynandicae. Around the weapon of the Water Board (above); putti, objects and animals that refer to agriculture, hunting and fishing; And under an image of Palace Honselaarsdijk and one of home ter Nieuburch surrounded by the weapons of the thirteen main crafts of the Water Board. Bottom left a cartouche with the scale: 50 Delfland or Rynandsche rods. Putti with measuring equipment around it. At the bottom right a cartouche with a fourteen-line poem about Delft and a legend 1-58. To the left of three man figures with Delft pottery and other objects. paper etching / engraving maps of cities. maps of separate countries or regions. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal). triton(s). commercial fishery. herring fishery. sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', (horse/fish) (mythological hybrid monster). agriculture. hunting, chase. instruments used in geodesy, surveying instruments Delft
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