Goesa
Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14.75" x 19.5". Beautifully colored town plan of Goes in western Holland, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view, circa 1649. Features the fortress and the surrounding pastoral landscape, with ships in the waters. Includes two coats of arms, both of which are hand burnished with beautiful gold leaf. Latin text on verso. Published around the time of the Spanish acknowledgment of the Dutch Republic in "Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium..... More