The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Low Countries
Europe
View Larger MapDescription of institution: The Low Countries is a coastal region in western Europe, consisting especially of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt, and Ems rivers where much of the land is at or below sea level URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Countries Print Sources linked to this location: Visited - Observations, topographical, moral, & physiological; made in a journey through part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy and France: with a catalogue of plants not native of England, found spontaneously growing in those parts, and their virtues ... Whereunto is added A brief account of Francis Willughby Esq. his voyage through a great part of Spain. Few MS. notes [and additions by Sir George Wheeler] .