Bilder Lodovico Guicciardini (1521–1589) – Map of Wachtendonck: Wachtendonck (Germany) – Engraving (1648)

Beskrivning

This topographical plan is a detailed bird's-eye view map of the fortified town of Wachtendonck, Germany, located in the Lower Rhine region. The plan clearly illustrates the town's oval layout, showing its defensive walls, bastions, and the surrounding moat formed by a bend in the river Niers. A block of descriptive text in German is located in the upper left corner, detailing the town's position and history. A compass rose and a scale bar, accompanied by a large pair of dividers, are visible in the lower right area.

Lodovico Guicciardini was a Florentine historian and author, famous for his Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi (Description of all the Low Countries), first published in 1567. Due to the book's immense popularity, it was continuously reissued with updated maps and illustrations well into the 17th century, incorporating sites relevant to the Eighty Years' War, like this one. The print documents the precise details of this fortress city.

Artist or Maker: Lodovico Guicciardini

Dimensions: Approximately 31 cm x 34 cm

Medium: Engraving

Date: 1648

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