Map of Amsterdam, Exactissima Amstelodami veteris et novissima delineatio (title on object), Map in bird's eye view. The title along the top. Top left the legend 1-178. To the right of it is the city's coat of arms. Top right the legend 179-354 with the city seal and a scale stick to the left: Scale of 1000 Amsteldam feet. Bottom left a female figure with a censer on a camel or dromedary as a personification of Asia and Europe on a bull as a personification of the continent of the same name. In the bottom middle a view of the city, seen from the IJ, with above it Mercury with the city's coat of arms and putti with objects that refer to seafaring. Bottom right a female figure with a scorpion in her hand and a lion as a personification of Africa and a female figure with a feather headdress, bow and arrow on a large lizard or crocodile as a personification of America. Orientation: south-southwest above., print maker: anonymous, after design by: Adriaen van de Velde, publisher: Frederik de Wit, Amsterdam, 1671 - 1675 and/or 1682 - c. 1710, paper, etching, engraving, height 522 mm × width 631 mm, print
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Map, Amsterdam, Exactissima Amstelodami veteris et novissima delineatio, title, object, bird's eye view, top, Top left, legend 1-178, right, city's coat, arms, Top right, legend 179-354, city seal, scale stick, left, Scale, 1000 Amsteldam feet, Bottom left, female figure, censer, camel, dromedary, personification, Asia, Europe, bull, continent, name, bottom middle, view, city, Ij, Mercury, putti, objects, refer, seafaring, Bottom right, scorpion, hand, lion, Africa, feather headdress, bow, arrow, large lizard, crocodile, America, Orientation, south-southwest, print maker, anonymous, design, Adriaen van de Velde, publisher, Frederik de Wit, 1671 - 1675, 1682 - c, 1710, paper, etching, engraving, height 522 mm ×, width, 631 mm, print
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