SDUK Map of Antwerp Date of Publication_1677 De Maginot – En Siegfried

De Maginot – En Siegfried Line

later (but not recent) hand colour

with coastal profiles in the lower part of the chart

weapons handling

map 46 x 36 cm

SDUK Map of Antwerp Date of Publication_1677 De Maginot – En SiegfriedThis map of Antwerp, engraved by Benjamin Rees Davies after William Barnard Clarke, includes elevations of principal buildings and a view of the city. It was published by the SDUK. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high minded aim of making 'useful' information available to the self taught. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the