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Flushing, Netherlands
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The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from:
- Built-up London – Hollar's 1666 map before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – Hollar's 1666 map after the Fire
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Phil Link to this
Flushing is in Zeeland ( http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/480/ ), Holland, and can be seen on this map (as Vlissingen): http://www.fotw.ca/flags/nl(ze.html
Michiel van der Leeuw Link to this
Flushing was the birthplace of admiral Michiel de Ruyter (considered the greatest Dutch admiral ever), of whom we certainly will hear a lot in the next years.
S. Spoelstra Link to this
Flushing had been an english foothold up to 1616. It was gouverned by Robert Sydney, Earl of Leicester.
"Flushing's strategic importance kept Sidney fully occupied but his view that nothing else mattered as long as Flushing was safe must have irritated those at home. He bombarded ministers with letters bewailing the lack of supplies and money."
In those days the town was a springboard for "undercover operations", maybe most famously the one involving Christopher Marlowe.
Looking at the number of mentions of Flushing in the diary in a short period of time maybe this practice is beeing taken up again.
TerryF Link to this
A 1640 map of Flushing (Vlissingen), the harbor-city of Zeeland
http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/vlissing.gif
(the map linked by Phil, alas, can no longer be found.)
Historical-political map of the low countries 1556-1648
(Zeeland is in the south, on the sea just north of Flanders. Middleburg is labeled, but its port, Flushing (Vlissingen) to its south, is not.)
http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/15564...
Flushing, Netherlands Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlissingen