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Historische plattegrond van Nederland en Belgie in 1650. Titel: Leo Belgicus. Het betreft een landkaart die is verweven met een afbeelding van de leeuw. Hij is gemaakt door Claes Jansz. Visscher. Op de kaart staan de lage landen en de verschillende bestuurders uit die tijd. Het noorden ligt boven op deze oude kaart.
The Netherlands, depicted as a 'Lion passant', is bordered on three sides with medallions. These medallions contain the effigies of governors of the Netherlands. In addition to the portrait of King Philip II, the two side borders contain, in chronological order, the portraits of seven governors from Margaretha of Parma to Archduke Albert of Austria. The centre part of the lower border shows the portraits of the five Stadholders from Willem of Orange to Prince Maurice, nominated by the States General. The corners of the bottom border provide a lengthy note to the reader in Dutch (left) and French (right).
In the lower right corner, we find pictured views of two residences: North (PALATIUM COMITU HOLLAND) and South (PALATIUM BRUXELLENSE).
This map was a political statement. It was published to commemorate Dutch independence from the Spanish crown. With its explicit distinction between the governors of the northern and the southern provinces of the Netherlands - first Maurice and Albert, then Frederik Hendrik and Ferdinand - with its two pictures, one of the Court of Holland and one of the Court of Brussels, and by using the term 'utrinque Belgium' (the two Belgium's), this general map of the Netherlands is the first to emphasise the separation of the northern and the southern parts of the country.