Author: Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)
Title: [Original engraving and etching cartography/ets en gravure kaart] Schenckenschans, 1635.
Description: Plan of the fortification of Schenkenschans, located between the rivers Rhine and Waal, including details on the landscape. During the Eighty Year's War, Schenkenschans was under siege by a Dutch army under Frederick Henry (Frederik Hendrik), 1635-1636. With scale and title below: 'Schenckenschans'. Used in: Novum ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium, Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1649.[NL] Schenkenschanz is een dorp in de Duitse gemeente Kleef in de deelstaat Noordrijn-Westfalen. Ligt aan de zuidzijde van de rivier de RIjn bij de samenvloeiing van de Rijn met Griethauser Altrhein op de grens van Nederland. Etching and engraving on laid paper, with margins; letterpress text on verso; platemark: 422 x 531 mm; total: 518 x 638 mm; watermark: Atlas holding the celestial spheres; slightly frayed and darkened edges, else in fine condition.

Keywords: Cartography|Dutch History|Eighty Years' War|Germany