Commissioned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_Visscher_II" class="extiw" title="en:Nicolaes Visscher II">Nicolaes Visscher II</a> (1649-1702) the best artists in the Netherlands carried out much work for him as engravers and designers for the purpose of new editions. One of them was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeyn_de_Hooghe" class="extiw" title="en:Romeyn de Hooghe">Romeyn de Hooghe</a> (1645-1708) from the town of Haarlem. He carried out many high quality maps, historical, and garden prints for Visscher. This map of the province of Utrecht is the result of a successful cooperation between engraver and publisher. According to the title, the map is adapted and corrected and is probable based on a general map of Holland and Utrecht by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthasar_Florisz_van_Berckenrode" class="extiw" title="en:Balthasar Florisz van Berckenrode">Balthasar Florisz van Berckenrode</a> (1591/92-1644) published in 1621 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Willem Blaeu">Willem Jansz. Blaeu</a>. This wall map was reissued in 1651, 1656 and 1682 by Visscher. In 1696, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_Visscher_II" class="extiw" title="en:Nicolaes Visscher II">Nicolaes Visscher II</a> published a new wall map of Utrecht by Bernard
								de Roy, surveyor in Utrecht.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Nicolaes_Visscher_II" class="extiw" title="w:en:Nicolaes Visscher II"><span title="Dutch engraver, cartographer, publisher">Nicolaes Visscher II</span></a>
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after 1681 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1681-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1681-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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