In this fashion he created a multivolume work consisting of some 9,000 pages with more than 2,600 pages of color illustrations.

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1 Background Andries Schoemaker ( ) was an Amsterdam merchant whose passion was collecting historical and visual information on the towns and villages, churches and castles and other topographical features of his native country. Especially in the period he devoted himself to assembling material on the history of the various localities. Consulting different sources, which he usually cited in the margins of his manuscript, he wrote a historical description of each place that he illustrated with drawings, many in remarkably handsome color, that he either made himself or had made for him by contemporary artists, such as Cornelis Pronk ( ) and his student Abraham de Haen ( ) with whom he made summer voyages throughout the Dutch republic in order to set as much of the topography as possible down on paper. At times he also made use of published prints, many from sources now lost, which showed the topographical situation in previous periods. These he cut out and pasted into his own large-format notebooks or redrew himself in color. Now and then he also sketched his own maps and city plans or made use of exisiting ones. Other illustrations incorporated into his manuscripts by Schoemaker included family- and town coats-of-arms and other heraldic devices, coins, seals, medallions and costumes. The Hague: Mauritshuis In this fashion he created a multivolume work consisting of some 9,000 pages with more than 2,600 pages of color illustrations. Alkmaar:Townhall and Church 1727 It covers all the provinces of the country existing at the time and is arranged alphabetically by locality within each province. After his death this atlas, as such a work was known in the eighteenth century, passed to his son Gerrit, who had assisted his father in the endeavor. When he died shortly after his father, however, the collection was broken up, a few volumes were lost and the others scattered. Fortunately the surviving volumes eventually found their way into the collections of various Dutch museums, libraries and archives. The Royal Dutch Antiquarian Society (Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap = KOG), housed in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, for example, holds 10 volumes describing the provinces of North and South Holland and the city of Amsterdam. Amsterdam:The old Antonispoort Cover Illustrations: Lisse: Huis Dever Portrait of Andries Schoemaker by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Gemeentearchief Amsterdam.

2 Importance for research The Schoemaker atlas provides fascinating source material for those working in: historical topography local, regional and national history of the Netherlands art history genealogy and heraldry numismatics Dutch folklore and local customs history of historiography architecture and town planning Haarlem: Heroine of the siege of 1572 Editions on microfiche and CD-ROM Surviving only in manuscript and scattered as it is over various repositories this source has not been exploited as fully as it deserves by scholars. Now in cooperation with the KOG, the library of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and other Dutch institutions, MMF has brought the surviving volumes of the Schoemaker atlas together and made them available for research in a black/white edition on microfiche and an edition on 6 CD-ROMs with full-color reproduction of the illustrations and advanced searching possibilities. Both editions are complete. Why microfiche? The microfiche edition guarantees the long-term preservation of the material on the only recognized archival medium. Why CD-ROM? The CD-ROM edition captures the color and allows for greatly increased accessibility through its powerful retrieval software and indexing. Zaandam: Steer s cruelty to master and wife 1647 The interface of the CD-ROM is in both English and Dutch. The manuscript itself and the captions of the illustrations are in Dutch. The CD-ROMs can be searched by province place artist keywords contained in the transcriptions of the captions of the color drawings keywords added by the publisher combinations of the above Drowning of the prince of Friesland 1711

3 Additional features of the CD-ROM bookmarks for saving search results two 18th-century maps and a modern map of the Netherlands for orientation history list historical introduction in English and Dutch with bibliography complete help file in English and Dutch A special combined price for both editions has been set. Participants in the project Brabant-Collectie, Katholieke Universiteit Brabant Flehite Museum Amersfoort Groninger Archieven Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag Provinsjale en Buma Biblioteek fan Fryslân Rijksarchief in Drenthe Rijksarchief in Overijssel Bibliotheek Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Het Utrechts Archief Vereeniging tot beoefening van Overijsselsch Regt en Geschiedenis (VORG) Acknowledgments The production of the CD-ROM edition has been made possible in part by a generous grant from the Stichting VSB Fonds, Utrecht. Utrecht: Groot Blankenburg, Vredenburg, Oudaan 1732 Specifications and prices (All prices are in Euros exclusive of local taxes/duties and shipping costs and are valid until 31 December 2001) Microfiche edition (with Publisher s Guide) Order no.: M480 Size: 278 b/w microfiches Polarity: positive silver-halide Price: C= 2,085 Availability: available now CD-ROM edition with drawings in full-color ISBN X Order no.: M606 Special introductory price: C= 1,635 (Network prices on request) Availability: available now Both microfiche and CD-ROM editions Order no.: M607 Special combined price: C= 3,100 Available separately Both the microfiche and CD-ROM editions are available in parts by region. Please inquire for details. System requirements CD-ROM Pentium PC with Windows 95/98 or Windows NT; minimum 16 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); srceen resolution 800 x 600 pixels; 24-bit color depth; 50 MB free space on the hard disk. The CD-ROM can be networked or copied to a stand-alone hard disk (approximately 3 GB memory required). Orders & Inquiries MMF Publications PO Box AG Lisse The Netherlands Tel Fax microformat@compuserve.com

4 Haarlem: Siege of 1572 Procession in Amsterdam Lisse:The church on the north side 1728 Ellewoudsdijk castle in Zeeland

5 Hunnebedden in Drenthe Haarlem: 1735 Aldegoude castle in Zeeland 1630 Delft: 1730

6 THE HISTORICAL-TOPOGRAPHICAL ATLAS OF ANDRIES SCHOEMAKER IMAGES OF DUTCH TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN THE 18 TH CENTURY ON CD-ROM AND MICROFICHE