Frisia Dominium: kaarten van de provincie Friesland tot 1850: Geschiedenis en cartobibliografie (Utrecht Studies in the History of Cartography / ... Studies, 4) (Dutch Edition)

Attractive and richly illustrated publication in which for the first time a complete survey of all printed maps of the province of Friesland (Frisia) is presented. Over a hundred maps from the period 1545-1850 are systematically and extensively described and analyzed. Also attention is given to the producers, engravers and publishers of the maps and the different states of the maps. Each map is depicted in one or more different states. Important work for the history of government of the province, development of the territory and the many varieties and changes in toponyms of the Frisian towns and villages are described in the introduction, preceding the cartobibliography. With summary in English. Read more