In a new article in Dutch titled ‘Bomen en palen aan de kust van vroegmodern Amsterdam. De fluïde grens van de stad aan de hand van smokkelpraktijken’ [Booms and Poles on the Coast of Early Modern Amsterdam. The Fluid Boundary of the City Based on Smuggling Practices] for Holland Historisch Tijschrift, SHOC member Bob Pierik describes the boundary between city and its hinterland on the water in Amsterdam's harbour. It appears in the special issue ‘Rafelranden van Amsterdam (2025-3)’ [Fringes of Amsterdam] which has just been released in honor of the 750th anniversary of the city of Amsterdam (available online). Bob wrote this article as Dr. Ernst Crone Fellow of the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. A shortened version of the article can therefore also be read here.
Pierik, Bob. ‘Bomen en palen aan de kust van vroegmodern Amsterdam. De fluïde grens van de stad aan de hand van smokkelpraktijken’. Holland, Historisch Tijdschrift 57, nr. 3 (2025).