Water management maps (1600-1825)
For centuries the Netherlands have been crusading against sea and river water that threatens to flood the valuable land from all sides. That is why the resulting landscape dynamics are timeless and are expressed in old maps of water board districts and rivers for instance.
The digital exhibition Water management maps (1600-1825) shows in chronological order over 120 cartographical documents which almost all relate to hydrographical aspects in the Low Countries. The maps are georeferenced which means that they can be analyzed in an innovative way. By clicking on a thumbnail below the map opens in the viewer. Here in the menu left one can choose viewing the georeferenced document, and 'Full view of record' for an extensive description of the chosen map.
Exhibition items (chronologically)
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Map of the Wieringerwaard, Adriaan Anthonisz., 1611 -
Map of the Heerhugowaard, Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1631 -
Map of the Beemster, Hessel Gerritsz., after 1632 -
Map of the Schermer, Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1635 -
Map of the Wormer, Reijer Cornelisz. [et al.], Abraham Deur, 1668 -
Map of the Buitenvelder Polder near Slooten, Barent van Groendyck, c. 1669 -
Map of the IJ at Amsterdam, Nicolaas van der Heyden, 1674 -
Map of the water control board of Uitwaterende Sluizen in four sheets, Jan Jansz. Dou, in or after 1680 (1799) -
Map of the water control board of Uitwaterende Sluizen in sixteen sheets, Jan Jansz. Dou, 1680 (1745) -
Map of the Purmer, Lucas Jansz. Sinck/Johannes Leupenius, 1683 -
Map of the water control board of Schieland, Jan Jansz. Stampioen, 1684 -
Map of the Wieringerwaard, Ignatius Lux, c. 1685 -
Map of the dike between Amsterdam and Muiden, anonymous, c. 1703 -
Map of the Slaperdijk, Justus van Broeckhuijsen, 1705 (c. 1800) -
Map of the water control board of De Overwaard, Mattheus van Nispen?, c. 1706 -
Map of the Pannerdensch Kanaal, c. 1710 -
Map of the Sloterpolder, Cornelis Koel, 1713 -
Map of the dike bursts near Assendelft, Tijs Claasz., 1718 -
Map of the Purmer, Covens & Mortier, c. 1722 -
Map of the polders and lakes in South Holland, Claes Jansz. Visscher/Pieter van der Aa, 1724 -
Kaart van het Eiland van Dordrecht, Mattheus de Vries, 1725 -
Map of the island of Rozenburg, Willem van Swieten and Johannes Sandifort, 1727 -
Map of the Merwede between Woudrichem and Hardinxveld, Nicolaas Cruquius, 1729-1730 -
Map of the Merwede between Gorinchem and Dordrecht, Nicolaas Cruquius, 1729-1730 -
Map of the Geestmerambacht and the Schager and Niedorper Kogge, Hendrik de Leth, c. 1730 -
Map of the estuary near Goeree and Voorne, Nicolaas Cruquius, 1733 -
Map of the Ring van Putten (South Holland), Daniel Schellincx/Bernard de Roij, 1738 -
Map of the Haarlemmermeer, Melchior Bolstra, 1740 -
Map of the Alblasserwaard and Vijfheerenlanden, Abel de Vries, c. 1740 -
Map of the lower Meuse and the Merwede, Melchior Bolstra, 1738-1745 -
Map of the water control board of the Krimpenerwaard, Johannes Leupenius, 1741 -
Map of the Vijfheerenlanden, Reinier and Josua Ottens, 1741 -
Map of the water control board of the Hondsbossche and Duinen, Hendrik de Leth, 1744-1755 -
Map of the Merwede between Woudrichem and Hardinxveld, Melchior Bolstra, 1745 -
Map of the lower Meuse and the Merwede, Melchior Bolstra, 1749 -
Map of the dike between Huisduinen and Den Helder, Frans de Mutsert, 1749 -
Map of the Rotte, anonymous, c. 1750 -
Map of the western part of Terschelling, Frans de Mutsert, 1751 -
Map of the dike near ’t Horntje on the isle of Texel, Mattijs den Berger, 1751 -
Plan for cutting off the Bijlandsche Waard, Melchior Bolstra, 1754 -
Plan for the Baardwijkse Overlaat, Bernard de Roy, Pieter Ketelaar and Gijsbert Beket, 1754 -
Plan for a spillway near the Diefdijk, Melchior Bolstra, 1754 -
Plan for a spillway between Rhenen and Dodewaard, Bernard de Roij, Pieter Ketelaar en Gijsbert Beket, 1754 -
Map of the Merwede between Gorinchem and Loevestein, Melchior Bolstra, 1755 -
Map of the estuary of the new Meuse, Cornelis van Tol, 1757 -
Map of the changed course of the Rhine and Waal near Schenkenschans and Pannerden, in of after 1763 -
Map of the Mark between Breda and Oudenbosch, J. Korenburgh, c. 1760 -
Map of the Merwede between Papendrecht and Dordrecht, Melchior Bolstra, 1761 -
Map of the counties of Buren and Culemborg, Jacob Perrenot, 1761 -
Map of the Lek, Melchior Bolstra, 1764 -
Map of the changed course of the Rhine and Waal near Schenkenschans and Pannerden, Melchior Bolstra, 1766 -
Map of the Waal near the upper course of the Pannerdensch Kanaal, Melchior Bolstra, 1766 -
Map of the Waal bend near Herwen, Abraham van Krevelt, 1767 -
Map of the mud flats and embankments near Moerspui in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, anonymous, 1767 -
Map of the Alblasserwaard and Vijfheerenlanden, Abel de Vries, 1767 -
Map of the reclaimed Noordplaspolder, Klaas Vis, c. 1767 -
Map of the Merwede between Sleeuwijk and Hardinxveld, Melchior Bolstra, 1769 -
Map of the Beemster, Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode/Jan Switzers, 1769 -
Map of the Beemster, Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode/Jan Switzers, 1769 -
Map of the lakes at the east of Haarlem, Barend Goudriaan, 1769 -
Map of the upper Rhine near Schenkenschans, Gerard Passavant, c. 1770 -
Plan for cutting off the Pleij, Frederik Beyerinck/Dirk Klinkenberg, 1770 -
Map of the surroundings of Sas van Gent, anonymous, c. 1770 -
Plan for reclaiming the polders around Bleiswijk, Cornelis Beket, C. Swieb and Dirk Smits, 1770 -
Map of the Bijlandsche Waard, Frederik Beyerinck/Dirk Klinkenberg, 1771 -
Map of the Oude Maas near ’s-Gravendeel, Melchior Bolstra, 1771 -
Map of the new Meuse near Rotterdam, Melchior Bolstra, 1772 -
Map of the new Meuse near Delfshaven, Melchior Bolstra, 1772 -
Map of the upper Rhine between Emmerich and Spijk, Frederik and Martinus Beyerinck/Hendrik van Straalen, 1773 -
Plan for constructing a bosom ditch at the Boterpolder near Hazerswoude, Klaas Vis, 1773 -
Map of the IJ near Amsterdam, Melchior Bolstra and Dionysius vande Wijnpersse, 1773 -
Map of the surroundings of Sas van Gent, Anthonij Wiedemann, 1774 -
Map of the dike between Huisduinen and Den Helder, Pieter Harge, Leendert den Berger and Dirk Klinkenberg, 1775 -
Map of the Dijkgraafschap Drechterland, Govert Oostwoud, 1775 -
Map of the Bovenkerker Polder near Amstelveen, anonymous, c. 1775 -
Map of the surroundings of Hoofdplaat in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Rochus van Suchtelen, 1777 -
Map of the marshes and mud flats south of Axel, Samuel du Pont, 1777 -
Map of the IJ at Amsterdam, anonymous, 1777 -
Map of the IJ at Amsterdam, anonymous, c. 1777 -
Map of the new IJssel course through De Pleij, Hendrik van Straalen, c. 1778 -
Map of the Merwede between Loevestein and Gorinchem, Hendrik van Straalen, 1779 -
Map of the Merwede near Hardinxveld, Cornelis Goekoop, 1779 -
Map of a former fortification near Sas van Gent, Anthonij Wiedemann, 1780 -
Map of the polders and marshes in eastern Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, anonymous, c. 1780 -
Map of the estuary of the Haringvliet, Cornelis Goekoop, 1781 -
Map of the Hellegat, Dirk Klinkenberg, 1781 -
Map of the Haringvliet, Dirk Klinkenberg, 1781 -
Map of the water control board of the Zeeburg- and Diemerdijk, Jan Wandelaar, c. 1781 -
Map of the IJ between Spaarndam and Amsterdam, anonymous, 1783 -
Map of the Nieuwe Diep at Den Helder, Leendert den Berger, 1787 -
Map of the Nieuwkoopse Plas, Klaas Vis and Jan Switser, 1790 -
Plan for inundating eastern Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, anonymous, 1790 -
Map of the Nieuwe Maas, Jacob Florijn, 1791 -
Plan for reclaiming the Nieuwkoopse Plas, Klaas Vis, Jan Switser and J.T. Blanken, 1791 -
Plan for reinforcement of the seawall near Den Helder, F.W. Muri, 1792 -
Map of the connection of the Haarlemmermeer on the Nieuwemeer, F.W. Muri, 1792 -
Map of the water control board of the Krimpenerwaard, Johannes Leupenius, 1792 -
Map of the river region between Emmerich and Arnhem, Jacob Engelman, 1793 -
Map of the Diemermeer, C. van der Sluys jr., 1793 -
Map of the Haringvliet at Hellevoetsluis, Jacob Engelman, 1793 -
Map of the Oude Maas at ’s-Gravendeel, Jacob Engelman, Frederik Willem Conrad and L. Gunkel, c. 1796 -
Map of the Bijlandsch Kanaal, Hendrik van Straalen, 1798 -
Map of the Oude Maas, A. Hoek, Cornelis Verhey and Jacob Engelman, 1798 -
Map of the Bijlandsch Kanaal, Hendrik van Straalen, 1798 -
Map of the Bijlandsch Kanaal, Hendrik van Straalen, 1798 -
Map of the Waal between Spijk and Pannerden, Martinus Beyerinck and Hendrik van Straalen, 1798 -
Map of the Land van Heusden en Altena, Jacob Engelman and Frederik Willem Conrad, 1798 -
Map of the Land van Maas en Waal and Rijk van Nijmegen, Maximiliaan Jacob de Man, 1799 -
Map of the mouth of the Krabbe near ’s-Gravendeel, Jacob Engelman and Cornelis Verhey, 1800 -
Map of the Nieuwe Maas near Vlaardingen, anonymous, 1800 -
Map of the flooding of Reiderland, anonymous, c. 1800 -
Map of the soundings near the Krabbe, A. Hoek, c. 1800 -
Map of the Nieuwe Maas near Rotterdam, Frederik Willem Conrad, c. 1801 -
Map of the mouth of the Oude Rijn near Spijk, Dirk Joseph Thomkens, 1805 -
Map of the draining canal near Katwijk, Jan Lucas van der Tooren, c. 1807 -
Map of the Nienoortse Venen between Bakkeveen and Leek, Sjoerd Cornelis Buwama Aardenburg, 1811 -
Map of the Linge and plan for the Nieuwe Merwede, Jan Blanken Jansz., 1819 -
Plan for the Nieuwe Merwede, Johannes Fredericus Lange, 1819 -
Map of the southern Dutch river region, Cornelius Kraijenhoff, 1823 -
Map of the Lek, Gijsbert Franco von Derfelden van Hinderstein, 1824 -
Map of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, Jan Blanken, 1825 -
Map of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, Jan Blanken, 1825
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