Claes Jansz. Visscher - The Ghelegentheyt and the Belegheringhe of Schencken Schans

Map showing the siege and conquest of Schenckenschans by Frederik Hendrik, 1635-1636

Full title: De Ghelegentheyt ende Belegheringhe van Schencken Schans Curyeus measured and signed by the experienced Engineer Ioannes Iacobi Schort Anno 1635. and 36.

Very detailed map of the siege and capture of Schenckenschans, located at the junction of the Rhine and Waal, by the Dutch army under Frederik Hendrik, 1635-1636.
Top left the title and the legend 1-25. Bottom right an inset with some cross-sections of retracements and entrenchments. Here is a little fisherman with a net. Various figures at the bottom in the foreground.
Double page taken from Show of the cities of the United Netherlands, with their descriptions, Joan Blaeu, 1649. Printed on the reverse with a text in Latin.

Condition: excellent.

North bottom right. This means that what you see on the left is generally in the right field, and vice versa.
Back: Latin text about Schenkenschans. Compass rose. Book fold as published.
Cartographer: Johannes Jacobus Apron. Engraver: Claes Jansz. Fisher (II)
Amsterdam: IB [Iohannes Willemszoon Blaeu], [1647-49].
Dimensions: 47.0 x 56.6 cm.

The site belonged to the Netherlands for a long time and was called "Schenkenschans" during the 80 Years' War, after the general Maarten Schenk van Nydeggen who ordered the construction of the fortress. The fortress had great strategic importance in the important area at the junction of the Rhine and Waal rivers and was for a long time seen as impregnable as a 'gateway' to the Republic.
Due to changes in the course of the Rhine, the fortress actually became an island, but then lost its significance in the 18th century. The island then became part of the mainland. The settlement gradually changed into a village, now located in Germany opposite the Dutch village of Tolkamer, and 4.5 km away. distance from Kleve.