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Compass of Louis de Boisot
Louis de Boisot was an admiral from Zeeland. He is chiefly remembered for leading the forces that breached the dikes around Leiden during the Spanish siege of the city. The rising water forced the Spaniards to flee, and Boisot’s flotilla was able to sail into the city on 3 October 1574. This compass bears his family arms and is reputed to have belonged to him.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46A122
- Boisot, Louis de
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1570
- 1570
Place-Time
- third quarter 16th century
Places
- Northern Netherlands
- Noordelijke Nederlanden
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3671
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.18697
- BK-NM-883
Extent
- height 2.0 cm
- diameter 5.0 cm
Format
- silver (metal)
- Silver
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: edele metalen
Year
- 1570
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:56:53.629Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:10:00.881Z