This 17th-century map depicts Hamburg and the course of the Elbe as a great port city of the Holy Roman Empire, underlining its commercial and maritime centrality. The inscriptions in German and Latin and the mention of the “Kaiserlich Freye Reichs und Ansee Stadt Hamburg” link it to its status as a free imperial city. The elaborate lower cartouche combines a panoramic view of the city, merchant fleets and allegories of trade and navigation, typical of Baroque cartography produced in Nuremberg. The interweaving of canals, islands and surrounding villages highlights the control of river traffic and the neighbouring lands, providing a valuable document on the political and economic geography of the Hamburg area in the early modern period.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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