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 a map of Aalten in 1867. Interestingly, the map does not include Bredevoort in the colored outline of the municipality, even though Bredevoort had been part of the … [Read more...]