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Het Tolhuis ; 'T Huis te Hal ; Griethuisen ; Christina oft Nieu Schenckenschans, sodanigh is oock de schans Amelia
1 print (5 views) : hand colored ; on sheet 54 x 64 cm
Depicts the strategic Fort Schenkenschans and its surrounding fortifications during the Eighty Years' War protecting the vital fork of the Rhine and Waal rivers: Schenke-Schans: fort founded in 1586 by Maarten Schenk van Nydeggen at Schenkenschanz, a small community in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that was incorporated into the town of Kleve in 1969 -- Het Tolhuis: nearby fortified toll house at Lobith, critical for controlling river traffic and taxes -- 'T Huis te Hal: smaller fortification (sconce) located in the vicinity of the main fort -- Griethuisen: defensive position at the village of Griethausen (now part of Kreis Kleve) situated on the opposite bank of the river -- Christina oft Nieu Schenckenschans: new defensive work built near the original Schenkenschans in honor of Queen Christina of Sweden, a Dutch ally at the time, built in the same design as Fort Amalia near Griethuisen, named after Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, the wife of Dutch stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.
Detached from: Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae liberae ac foederatae [1652?].
The Cushing Library copy is part of the Ronald L. and V. Jane Woellhof Rare Map Collection.
Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae liberae ac foederatae