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Map of a part of South Holland, covering the area between Delft, The Hague, Leiden and Zoeterwoude. The map shows the Leiden Relief of 3 October 1574. The Spanish armies that besieged the city had fled from the rising water in the night of 2 to 3 October. On the morning of 3 October, the Beggars, led by Admiral Boisot, entered the city with on board the famous herring and white bread, which are still distributed during the celebration of the Leiden Relief. As a thank you for the heroic resistance of the population of Leiden, William of Orange founded the first university in the Netherlands in Leiden. Copper engraving, published in the famous book by Willem Baudartius (1565-1640) 'Les Guerres De Nassau, (...)', Amsterdam, Michel Colin de Thovoyon, 1616.
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