Zuyder Zee

Given how shallow the North Sea is, and events like the Zuyder Zee in historical times, there could be something to it.

The Science of Middle Earth, by Henry Gee. Book review Carla 2009

At Medemblik, he saw the dikes with sails on the top that protected against the Zuyder Zee.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

At Medemblik, he saw the dikes with sails on the top that protected against the Zuyder Zee.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

At Medemblik, he saw the dikes with sails on the top that protected against the Zuyder Zee.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

The trees were deciduous again, formally spaced, just as on the banks of the Zuyder Zee.

A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978

Then about Friesland and the parts that are now covered by the Zuyder Zee, and so right away south to the land of the Flemings.

Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Robert Leighton

While those Batavian ancestors on the low shores of the Zuyder Zee devoted their energies to grinding grain, he has been not less assiduous than they in reducing the rocks of the earth itself to flour.

Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

While those Batavian ancestors on the low shores of the Zuyder Zee devoted their energies to grinding grain, he has been not less assiduous than they in reducing the rocks of the earth itself to flour.

Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

I say Zuyder Zee, but strictly speaking it is on the Gouwzee, the name of the straits between Monnickendam and

A Wanderer in Holland 1903

Marken may become ordinary inland hamlets in the midst of green fields if the great scheme for draining the Zuyder Zee is carried through.

A Wanderer in Holland 1903