Plan of Amsterdam

Bird's-eye view map. The title runs along the top edge. The legend 1-178 is in the upper left. To the right of it is the city coat of arms. The legend 179-354 is in the upper right, with the city seal and a scale bar to its left: Scale of 1000 Amsterdam feet. In the lower 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 lower center, a view of the city as seen from the IJ, with above it Mercury holding the city coat of arms and putti with objects referring to seafaring. In the lower right, a female figure with a scorpion in her hand and a lion as a personification of Africa, and a female figure with a feathered headdress, arrow, and bow on a large lizard or crocodile as a personification of America. Orientation: south-southwest at the top.