Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop was a seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, shoemaker and Mennonite teacher.
Cornelis Pronk, also known as Cornelis Pronck, was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and porcelain designer. He is known particularly for his numerous drawings of cities, towns and buildings, as well as for his porcelain designs.
The Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant is a newspaper for the province of Zeeland, Netherlands published and owned by DPG Media of Belgium. Founded in 1758, it is the third-oldest newspaper of the Netherlands.
Guamblin Island, also known as Socorro Island or Nuestra Señora del Socorro, is a Chilean island located in the Pacific Ocean. The island is designated as a National Park and is recognized as an Important Bird Area. Although Guamblin Island has never been permanently inhabited, it holds a historical significance and has been the site of notable events.
De Nederlandse poëzie van de 19de en 20ste eeuw in 1000 en enige gedichten is a 1979 anthology of Dutch poetry. Compiled by poet and critic Gerrit Komrij and published by Bert Bakker, it quickly became a hotly discussed book and a yardstick for canonicity, nicknamed "The Bible of Dutch poetry". Controversy over Komrij's selection erupted almost immediately and even led to a lawsuit ; it is generally agreed, though, that the anthology has had significant influence on the canon of Dutch poetry.
Franz Karl Hofmann, later Charles Hofmann was a Dutch musician and composer.
Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller was a Dutch painter. He belongs to The 2. Golden Age of Dutch Painting.
Omroep Zeeland is a public broadcaster located in Zeeland, Netherlands. Founded in 1988, the media organization is active in television, radio, and internet. The audience is on average slightly older than that of the other Dutch regional broadcasters.
Jan Baptist Nollekens was a Flemish painter specialised in genre and still life paintings. His genre paintings depict scenes of drinkers, card players, peasants, merry companies and artist studios. His known still life paintings are hunting pieces. He was active in Flanders, the Dutch Republic, England and France.
Bonebakker is the name of a Dutch patrician family.
Michiel Cnobbaert or Michiel Knobbaert was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller who was active in Antwerp in the latter half of the 17th century. His publications included devotional works, religious and polemical works and legal publications on local laws and customs in Flanders.
The New Chronicles of Zeeland is a reference work published in 1700 by the historian Mattheus Smallegange.
Vlissingen Navy Drydock is a dry dock in Vlissingen. It is the oldest dry dock of the Netherlands, and is now a ttourist attraction known as Dok van Perry.
Ter Hooge Castle is an 18th-century manor in Middelburg. It includes parts of a medieval castle.
Het verjaagde water is a 1947 Dutch non-fiction novel written by A. den Doolaard, which gives an account of the recovery works to repair dike breaches after the October 1944 Inundation of Walcheren as part of operations by The Allies of World War II during Operation Infatuate. Researchers from Delft University of Technology have found high levels of historical accuracy in den Doolaard's descriptions of the events that took place, the methods used to close the dikes and the key people involved. Den Doolaard assigned pseudonyms to most of the main characters and organisations. The name A. den Doolaard is also a pseudonym, the author’s real name being Cornelis Johannes George Spoelstra Jr.
Heinrich Hermann Freytag was a German/Dutch organ builder. A pupil of Albertus Antonius Hinsz, he became one of the most important organ builders in the Netherlands around 1800. His work, of a high standard, follows in the traditions established by Arp Schnitger.
The Essequibo Society, in Dutch: Sociëteit van Essequibo, (SVE), full name in 18th century Dutch Societeyt ter Navigatie op Essequebo en annexe Rivieren, was a Dutch trading company headquartered in Middelburg, founded in 1771 and disestablished in 1788. The society was founded to preserve Zeeland´s preferential trading rights to Essequibo. It went bankrupt as a consequence of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.
Spoors & Sprenger was a trading company in the triangular Slave trade and colonial products between the Dutch West Indies and the Dutch Republic from about 1755 to 1781.
The Zeeuws Archief is a knowledge centre for historical land genealogical research in Zeeland, the Netherlands, situated in Middelburg, Terneuzen and Zierikzee. It is the Regionaal Historisch Centrum for the Province Zeeland, the municipalities of Middelburg, Veere, Flushing, Terneuzen, Schouwen-Duiveland and Kapelle; the government institutions in Zeeland ; Waterschap Scheldestromen and many social organisations, companies and families in Zeeland.
