A general Plott and description of the Fennes - Antique map

Author: Schenk, Peter & Valck, Gerard

Publisher: Schenk, Peter & Valck, Gerard

Published: Amsterdam

Publishing year: 1690

"A general Plot and description of the Fennes and Surounded grounds in the Sixe Counties of Norfolke, Suffolke, Cambridge, with in the Isle of Ely, Huntington, Northamp:ton and Lincolne etc.". Orig. copper-engraving, P. Schenk and G. Valck, Amsterdam, ca. 1690. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche, a cartouche with dedication to Francis Earl of Bedford and 17 other English nobelman by Henricus Hondius, a cartouche with the scale of map, a cot-of-arms and 2 sailing ships. 43:55 cm.

A west oriented map of the Fens, also known as the Fenland(s), a naturally marshy region in eastern England. Most of the fens were drained several centuries ago, resulting in a flat, damp, low-lying agricultural region. - Green boundary lines partly oxidized (on some places of the centerfold preventive pasted with Japanese paper).

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