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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 1217 CE

Middelburg

Also known as

Gemeente Middelburg
Medioburgum
Middelbourg
Middelburch
Middelburg, Zeland
Middelburgum

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birthplace of · place of death ofAdriaen Coorte1665 CE
birthplace ofBalthasar van der Ast1593 CE
birthplace ofBarend Cornelis Koekkoek1803 CE
birthplace ofCecil Hoare1892 CE
place of death ofChristiaen Jansz van Bieselingen1558 CE

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birthplace of · place of death ofJacoba van den Brande1735 CE

birthplace ofJohannes van Damme1935 CE