Abraham Verhoeven

[1] In 1605 he got his license to print news of military victories in woodblock or copperplate.

Thereafter he produced not only prints but also, with increasing frequency, illustrated news pamphlets.

From early in 1620 he renewed his license in broader terms and began to print his news booklets as a single series.

The newspaper had no consistent name or title masthead, and is known as the Nieuwe Tijdinghen (New Tidings), a retroactive designation given to it by historians and bibliographers.

The British Library, however, catalogues its holdings of the series as Antwerp Gazette.