Belgium and the Netherlands
For centuries, ‘the Netherlands’ and ‘the Low Countries’ have served as Germanic equivalents for the Romanesque ‘Belgica’ or ‘Belgique’ and ‘Pays-Bas.’ In this 1837 map, which is identical to the 1827 version, this linguistic detail remains intact. However, there is a small inset map at the top left that acknowledges the Belgian uprising of 1830 and substitutes ‘Pays-Bas’ with ‘Belgique’ and ‘Hollande’.
A. Lesage (comte de Las Cases), Carte comparative de l'état ancien des Pays-Bas et de l'état actuel de la Belgique, from: Atlas historique, généalogique, chronologique et géographique, Brussels 1837. Coll. S/T T.502, 58 x 74 cm.
