Auguste Stessels, Carte générale des bancs de Flandres compris entre Gravelines et l'embouchure de l'Escaut [Map of the sandbanks of the Flemish coast between Gravelines and the mouth of the Scheldt], engraved by J. Nauwens (Antwerp, F. Bizolier)[9]
^ abcdefAlain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
^ abcDirk De Ruyver, "The First Treaty between Belgium and Japan", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 21-111.
^ abJoseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 755.