Tabula Gaeographica amplissimae ditionis Westphaliae conterminarumque provinciarum : deline... (1606) - Page 1

A highly detailed 17th-century copperplate engraved map titled "Geographic map of the most extensive territory of Westphalia..." covering Westphalia and neighboring regions. The map features dense topographic detail including forests, rivers, marshes, and numerous cities and towns represented by small architectural icons. In the bottom-left corner is an ornate strapwork cartouche containing the title and bibliographic information. In the bottom-right corner is a scale bar with dividers and a smaller decorative cartouche. A compass rose is situated in the lower-left sea area. The borders contain longitudinal and latitudinal markings.

Geographic map of the most extensive territory of Westphalia and its neighboring provinces:

delineated at the time when the Commander of Aragon, the great general of the most powerful King of Spain, occupied it. Contained in this map are the Duchies of Cleves, Jülich, and Guelders, Berg, the Bishoprics of Cologne, Münster, Paderborn, Bremen, Minden, Osnabrück, etc. The Counties and Lordships of Oldenburg, Mark, Bentheim, Tecklenburg, Waldeck, Spiegelberg, Diepholz, Lingen, Ravensberg, Arnsberg, Rietberg, Büren:

Lingen, Moers, Steinfurt, Schaumburg, West-Lippe, and also East Frisia. The provinces of Overijssel, Drenthe, and Twente described by Gerard Mercator, engraved by Baptista van Doetecum.

NORTH
EAST
SOUTH
WEST

German miles, 15 of which correspond to one degree.
Travel hours.

Major Regional Labels (Top to Bottom, West to East):

Part of Holstein
Duchy of Lüneburg
Bishopric of Verden
See of Bremen
See
County of Hoya
County of Diepholz
See of Minden
Bishopric of Paderborn
Part of Hesse
Waldeck
County of Oldenburg
Ravensberg
Lippe
Bishopric of Münster
County of Mark
Duchy of Berg
Cologne
See
County of Bentheim
Lingen
Steinfurt
County of Zutphen
Twente
Salland
Overijssel
Drenthe
Land of Groningen
Emden
East Frisia