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Het Haarlemmer-Meer-Boek

Name: Het Haarlemmer-Meer-Boek
Author: Willem Jan Cornelis van Hasselt

by Willem Jan Cornelis van Hasselt, Jan Adriaansz Leeghwater

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Project Gutenberg

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Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Updated: 2022-12-01.

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2009-09-12

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Public domain in the USA.

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Reclamation of land -- Netherlands Haarlemmermeer (Netherlands)

About the authors

Willem Jan Cornelis van Hasselt

1795–1864

A Dutch jurist, editor, and public servant, he moved easily between the courtroom, parliament, and the printed page. His work helped preserve and organize legal and historical writing in the Netherlands during the 19th century.

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Jan Adriaansz Leeghwater

1575–1650

Best known as a Dutch millwright and hydraulic engineer, this 17th-century figure became closely associated with the great land-reclamation projects that helped reshape the Netherlands. His name is especially linked with the draining of lakes and the practical ingenuity of the Dutch Golden Age.

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