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Map of Amsterdam with City View and Design for the Fourth Extension
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Map of Amsterdam with City View and Design for the Fourth Extension

Nicolaes Visscher (I), Pieter Hendricksz. Schut · 1662 - 1664 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Map of Amsterdam with the design by Daniel Stalpaert for the Fourth Extension (expansion) of the city, in bird's-eye perspective. Title along the top edge. Top left: the legend 1-48. To the right of that a scale bar: Scale of 3000 Amsterdam feet. Top right: the legend 49-106. Bottom left: putti with the city coat of arms and children with riches from different parts of the world. Bottom center: a view of the city flanked by Juno (left) and Minerva (right). Above this view two children with the coat of arms of Holland. Bottom right: children with the city seal and objects referring to seafaring. Orientation: south-southwest at the top.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePlattegrond van Amsterdam met stadsgezicht en ontwerp voor de Vierde Uitleg. 1662 - 1664. Nicolaes Visscher (I), Pieter Hendricksz. Schut. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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