New Land - The Zuider Zee Works (The Ijsselmeer Polders), Archaeological Finds, Andijk Experimental Polder, Wieringermeer, North East Polder, Eastern Flevoland, Southern Flevoland, Markerwaard, Lelystad, Emmeloord, Schokland, Dronten

Spits, A. with the State Service for the Ijsselmeer Polders, Zwolle and the Board of the Zuider Zee Works

Published by Vereniging "Nederland in den Vreemde", The Hague, Netherlands, 1972

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Near Fine. See scans and description. The Hague, Netherlands: Vereniging "Nederland in den Vreemde",1972. The early (1972, not 1976 edition of 'New Land - The Zuider Zee Works', by A .Spits and State Service for the Ijsselmeer Polders, Zwolle and the Board of the Zuider Zee Works. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. 12mo, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 58 pp. Near Fine; no salient flaw whatsoever, and in fact only ambiguous signs of use at all. See all scans. A very scarce and early recap of the Zuider Zee Works, a mammoth hydraulic engineering project including a system of dams and dikes, land reclamation and water drainage works, with The Ijsselmeer Polders part - the creation of new land - being perhaps the most celebrated part of that. See scan of contents page for detail on these 58 pages, but essentially covered is: the planning, engineering and construction of the multiple project campaign, more specifically The Zuider Zee Works (The Ijsselmeer Polders), Andijk Experimental Polder, Wieringermeer, North East Polder, Eastern Flevoland, Southern Flevoland, Markerwaard, Lelystad, Emmeloord, Schokland, and Dronten. More, of course, including a touch on archaeological finds. Very scarce. LSMph2.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Land - The Zuider Zee Works (The Ijsselmeer Polders), Archaeological Finds, Andijk Experimental Polder, Wieringermeer, North East Polder, Eastern Flevoland, Southern Flevoland, Markerwaard, Lelystad, Emmeloord, Schokland, Dronten
• Publisher: Vereniging "Nederland in den Vreemde", The Hague, Netherlands
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technical / Electronic / Engineering
  • Sciences 2: Earth Sciences, Life Sciences
  • History / Government / Political / Societal