Image Credits
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Landscape, Allart van Everdingen, mid 17th Century, public domain
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/335485
Object Type(s)
Description
Many of the patents and deeds list as the unit of purchase 'morgens' of land. This was roughly equivalent to about two acres (0.8 hectares) and was commonly used throughout the Dutch empire, but is not in common usage today.