Maastricht

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• 1575, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map II-21
  
  
• 1581, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map III-15

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• Maastricht, Dutch City maps from Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden
  Scanned by George M. Welling
  
  
• Maps from Atlas Beudeker, Koninklijke Bibliotheek,
  National Library of the Netherlands and the British Library:
  
  Maastricht, the siege of the city in 1632
  published by Joan Blaeu
  
  Maastricht, the siege of the city in 1632
  published by Claes Jansz. Visscher
  
  Maastricht 1649
  published by Joan Blaeu
  
  Maastricht ciy view 1660
  published by Nicolaas Visscher
  
  Maastricht after 1688
  published by Frederik de Wit
  
  Maastricht 1708
  
  
  
• Maastricht 1865-1870
  from J. Kuyper's Gemeente Atlas van Nederland
  
  
• Maastricht town scape
  from Kyoto University Library

Located along Maas river at junction of several canals; settled by the Romans; seat of bishop 382-721; held by dukes of Brabant (1204), then under joint sovereignty of Brabant & prince-bishops of Li ge (1284); noted for cathedral, founded in 6th cen.

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