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De vorming van de Dordtse Kil
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Tijdschrift voor Historische Geografie, Volume 9, Issue 4, Nov 2024, p. 285 - 299
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- 01 Nov 2024
Abstract
Abstract
The formation of the ‘Dordtse Kil’
Recently published authoritative maps of the paleogeography of the Netherlands in 1500 show the Dordtse Kil as a very wide waterway near the Dutch town of Dordrecht. However, around 1500 there was no waterway in that place at all. The Dordtse Kil was only dug out in 1597. This article examines what went wrong and how this region should be shown on those maps.
© K.A.H.W. Leenders