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Title(s)
[Chart of the Thames estuary with a view of the English fleet burning in the Medway] [cartographic material].
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Published/Created
t'Amsterdam : by Hugo Allard, in de Kalvertstraet, in de Werelt-Caert, 1667.
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Physical Description
1 map ; 34 x 45 cm, on sheet 45 x 49 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2010 2l
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Maps & Atlas (printed)
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Notes
Inset: De rivier van Londen.
Selected exhibitions: "The Mapmaker's art : 300 years of British cartography" (Yale Center for British Art, January 17-March 12, 1989).
BAC: British Art Center copy is uncolored.
A general chart of the Thames Estuary, with a view of the burning ships, an account of the action, some commemorative verse and an elaborate allegory centered on the triumphant Michael de Ruyter, the naval officer in charge of the Dutch fleet. The destruction of the English fleet as it lay at anchor off Chatham in June 1667 was to Evelyn "a dishonour never to be wiped out." The Dutch were naturally quick to celebrate their great victory and this illustrated broadsheet was probably run off shortly afterwards. -
Subject Terms
Anglo-Dutch War, 1664–1667. | De Ruyter, Michael, 1607–1676. | Gendt, Willem Joseph, baron van, 1626–1672. | Netherlands -- Politics and government. | Thames River Estuary (England) -- Maps.
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Form/Genre
Engravings -- 1667. | Maps -- England -- Thames River Estuary.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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