Author: Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)
Title: [Engraved carthography/gegraveerde kaart] 'GENNEPERHVIS'; Genneperhuis.
Description: Map of the stronghold Genneperhuis at the river Maas, with the fortifications. During the seventeenth century, the stronghold was sieged multiple times by Dutch, Spanish and French armies. Eight years before the map was published, at the Siege of Gennep in 1641, Genneperhuis was conquered by the Dutch army under Frederik Hendrik. The stronghold was destroyed in the eighteenth century. Used in: Joan Blaeu, Toonneel der steden, Amsterdam, 1649. Letterpress text on verso ' 't HVYS TE GENNEP, met sijne BELEGERNG ...' Engraving on paper, with broad margins; platemark: 417 x 525 mm; total: 468 x 607 mm; centerfold, toning at the edges, else in good condition.

Keywords: Cartography|Eighty Years' War