After much preparatory work by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbo_Emmius" class="extiw" title="en:Ubbo Emmius">Ubbo Emmius</a> (1547-1625), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barthold_Wicheringe" class="extiw" title="en:Barthold Wicheringe">Barthold Wicheringe</a> (1580-1652), local councilor in Groningen, published a large general map of the province of Groningen in 1616. This map was much more accurate then any map published before. Until far into the 18th century this map was the basis for many other maps of Groningen.
<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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