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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of Beligum - Geographicus - Belgium-pinkerton-1818.jpg Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of Belgium Covers what is essentially today's Belgium between the Dutch Brabant and France When this map was drawn this area was united with what is today Holland under Napoleon and the French Empire Later the southern parts of the Netherlands which were traditionally Catholic would split off to form modern day Belgium Offers considerable detail with political divisions and color coding at the regional level Identifies cities towns castles important battle sites castles swamps mountains and river ways Title plate in the upper right quadrant Four mile scales in Common French Leagues Leagues of Brabant Dutch and German Miles and British Statute Miles also appear in the lower left quadrant Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 20 5 object history credit line accession number Belgium-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of Belgium 1818 maps English language maps of Europe | ||||
