Image: The City New Amsterdam on Manhattan (De Stadt Nieuw Amsterdam op Manhattans) Drawing 1650-1654

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Description: Drawing: New Amsterdam (later New York), around 1650. Dutch title on the painting: "De Stadt Nieuw Amsterdam gelegen op het Eyland Manhattans in Nieuw Nederland" (English: The City New Amsterdam located on the Island Manhattan in New Netherland". Date: 1650 - 1654, colored pen drawing, 2 sheets glued together, 53 x 31.5 cm, ÖNB/KAR: ALB Vues 12720 and ALB Vues 12721. This is one of the earliest drawings of New Amsterdam. The artist is unknown, possibly Augustin Herrman or Nicolas Joannes Visscher.
Title: The City New Amsterdam on Manhattan (De Stadt Nieuw Amsterdam op Manhattans) Drawing 1650-1654
Credit: Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library) - https://web.archive.org/web/20230925155221/https://www.onb.ac.at/sammlungen/kartensammlung/50-zimelien-die-wertvollsten-objekte-der-kartensammlung/ansicht-von-new-york-um-1650 . See also: ONL on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=622687379886697&set=a.554867506668685
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