Title: Kaarten van de Nederlandse Antillen Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius en Sint Maarten tot 1900 /
Authors: Renkema, Wim.
Publisher: Brill, Hes & De Graaf,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Cartography Netherlands Antilles History.; Netherlands Antilles Maps.; Netherlands Antilles
Abstract: "This publication systematically categorizes and provides a nearly complete overview of the great variety of maps, both manuscript and printed, that have been made of the Dutch Antilles. The map descriptions are clarified with information on the creators of the maps and the historical background of the map image. The author has extensively studied how and for which reasons these maps were created. The cartobibliography is preceded by an extensive introduction in which the history of the islands and their inhabitants are described."--Provided by the publisher.