City Structure(s)

The walled city of Delft that had developed by Leeuwenhoek's time had a rectangular shape. It is about ___ square miles, ___ yards by ____ yards. Mapmakers of the time had not settled on north at the top, so Delft is often portrayed as a horizontal rectangle. Using today's conventions with north at the top, it is a vertical rectangle skewed a little counter-clockwise.

The city's wall was surrounded by a canal, on the inner banks of which was an earthen and brick wall covered with thorn bushes. The wall was punctuated in six places by gates. Spaced between the gates were ___ towers. In addition, several windmills stood even taller than the towers and provided clear views of the surrounding countryside. Four of the gates were at the ends of major inter-city canals with regular boat traffic.

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