Between 1865-1868, Jacob Kuyper published a series of atlases with municipal maps. These show the location of all the hamlets, villages, and larger towns in the municipality, as well as the main roads and railroads. The Kuyper maps are often available at the websites of archives or via Wikimedia Commons.
This week we are looking at Kuyper’s map of Goes, in the province of Zeeland in 1867. It shows that Goes had a railroad connection to Bergen op Zoom and a railway station just south of the city. Part of the fortifications are still intact. The cemetery (“begraafplaats”) had been moved outside the residential area, as required as of 1828. A paved road on a dike connected Goes to ‘s Heer Hendrinkskinderen. The municipalities had no further villages within its borders.
Map of Goes, 1867. Credits: Jacob Kuyper, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
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