The name Serrana Bank first appears on a Dutch map of 1545.

The reef was first shown on Dutch maps dating to 1634 but was given its present name in 1654.

The Dutch maps were very detailed, colourful and attractive.

Their lands are marked Nowass on Dutch maps of the early 17th century.

They protect rarities like the vellum-bound Dutch maps of the world from the 1660's.

It is a narrative design of grand concept inspired by a 1607 Dutch pictorial map of the world.

On old Dutch maps the town is marked as Grietjezijl.

The name New Holland was officially in use until 1824 and can be found on Dutch maps towards the end of the 19th century.

It was first shown on a Dutch map in 1545 with this name.

Others say it grew out of a misreading on early Dutch maps of vier, or four, islands.