AD 1593 · 16th century · Hamburg

Hamburg, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum, volume I

Georg Braun

A river city is made visible as a civic body while the commercial relationships extending beyond it remain implicit.

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Catalogue record

Cartographer Georg Braun
Edition Civitates Orbis Terrarum, vol. I (first published 1572), p. 24a; the Hamburg cartouche is dated M.D.LXXII, and this copy is the 1593 issue
Medium Engraved city view
Provenance Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, braun1593bd1, canvas 0074
Object type city_view
Repository Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Repository ID braun1593bd1 p. 24a (canvas 0074)
Rights Public Domain Mark 1.0
Attribution Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Publication status published witness
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Tags

  • Hanseatic
  • Hamburg
  • city view
  • river port

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