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  2. Leiden - Wikipedia

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    Leiden (/ ˈ l aɪ d ən / LY-dən; [6] Dutch: [ˈlɛidə(n)] ⓘ; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046 (31 January 2023), [7] but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 ...

  3. Leiden University - Wikipedia

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    Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; [8] [9] Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. It was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 [ 10 ] by William, Prince of Orange as the first university in the Netherlands.

  4. Geography of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Netherlands in Europe Relief map of the Netherlands in Europe. The geography of the European Netherlands is unusual in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea and is below sea level, protected by dikes. It is a small country with a total area of 41,545 km 2 (16,041 sq mi) [1] and ranked 131st.

  5. Duin- en Bollenstreek - Wikipedia

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    1645 map of the area (before it was known as the Duin- en Bollenstreek) The Duin- en Bollenstreek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdœyn ɛm ˈbɔlə(n)streːk]; Dutch for "Dune and Bulb Region") is a region in the Western Netherlands, that features coastal dunes and the cultivation of flower bulbs.

  6. Wikipedia:Blank maps - Wikipedia

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    Image:BlankMap-World.png – World map, Robinson projection centered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstates and island nations are generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regions are exhibited.

  7. World map - Wikipedia

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    A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.

  8. Holland - Wikipedia

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    A map of Holland from 1682. In the Dutch Rebellion against the Habsburgs during the Eighty Years' War, the naval forces of the rebels, the Watergeuzen, established their first permanent base in 1572 in the town of Brill. In this way, Holland, now a sovereign state in a larger Dutch confederation, became the centre of the rebellion.

  9. Pieter van der Aa - Wikipedia

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    Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659 – Leiden, August 1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He also printed many maps that were often out of print, which he reissued. [1]