Walsmit,Erik, Hans Kloosterboer, Nils Persson & Rinus Ostermann. — Spiegel van de Zuiderzee. Geschiedenis en Cartobibliografie van de Zuiderzee en het Hollands Waddengebied.

Houten, Hes & De Graaf, [2009]. 744 pp. Col. ills. Orig. hardcover (clothbond), d/j. 4to. (Utrechtse Historische Cartografische Studies, Vol. 9). [ISBN: 9789061942306]. - New unused copy ! Still in shrink wrap.Since the mid-nineteenth century, maps of Dutch regions and provinces have frequently been described in a systematic manner by various authors. This is not the case, however, for maps of the Zuiderzee-now the IJsselmeer-and the Dutch Wadden Sea area. Yet, the Zuiderzee possesses a truly unique history, which has given rise to a distinct cartographic evolution. Nowhere else in the Netherlands is the relationship with water expressed as extraordinarily as in the transformation of the Zuiderzee into the IJsselmeer. This engaging and richly illustrated book, written in Dutch, finally provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the cartography of the Zuiderzee and the Dutch Wadden Sea area from 1584 to 1932. The more than 130 maps are all reproduced in color, and every known state of each map is described and documented in detail.