Jan Van Hanswijk
Illustration — Copy of the map of Mechelen by Van Hanswijk Jan Van Hanswijk (fl. Late 16th century) was a Flemish surveyor and cartographer, best known for making a map of the city of Mechelen, completed in the last quarter of the 16th century. His map is the second oldest preserved city map of Mechelen.
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Illustration — Copy of the map of Mechelen by Van Hanswijk Jan Van Hanswijk (fl. Late 16th century) was a Flemish surveyor and cartographer, best known for making a map of the city of Mechelen, completed in the last quarter of the 16th century. His map is the second oldest preserved city map of Mechelen.
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Differently from Jacob van Deventer, who had made an earlier map, he depicted all important city buildings in his own map. After two centuries the map was in such a bad state that the Count of Coloma commissioned a copy from Jan Baptist De Noter.
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