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A bird's eye view of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam" class="extiw" title="en:Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> looking south.  This is the city before the construction of the semi-circular ring of canals. It is bordered by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJ_(Amsterdam)" class="extiw" title="en:IJ (Amsterdam)">IJ</a>, the  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singel" class="extiw" title="en:Singel">Singel</a> in the west, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloveniersburgwal,_Amsterdam" class="extiw" title="en:Kloveniersburgwal, Amsterdam">Kloveniersburgwal</a>/Gelderse Kade in the east. The waterway in the middle (connecting the Dam with the IJ) is known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damrak" class="extiw" title="en:Damrak">Damrak</a>. Ships were unloaded on the west bank of the Damrak, indicated on the map as ‘Opt Waeter’ (on the water). Woodcut by Cornelis Anthonisz. dated 1544. Fourth edition out of a total of six editions. This version is a reprint published by Ian Iansz. around 1557.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Cornelis_Anthonisz." class="extiw" title="w:en:Cornelis Anthonisz."><span title="Dutch painter (1505-1553)">Cornelis Anthonisz.</span></a>
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Circa 1557 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1557-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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