A detailed hand-colored bird's-eye view map of the city of Leiden (Leyden) and its surrounding territory in the County of Holland. The map is oriented with North (SEPTENTRIO) at the top. The city is depicted within its circular defensive walls and moats, surrounded by a complex network of waterways, including the Old and New Rhine (Rijn). To the North-West, the coastline of the North Sea (DIE ZEE) is visible, along with the ruins of the "Arx Britannica." The surrounding polders are shown flooded or partially submerged, reflecting the strategic inundation used during the Siege of Leiden in 1574. Small ships and figures of soldiers are visible on the waterways and roads approaching the city. A decorative cartouche on the left contains a Latin inscription commemorating the city's liberation from the Spanish.

LEYDEN.

Leyda, the Lugdunum of the Batavians, commonly Leyden, a most beautiful and neat town, owing to the elegance of its buildings and the frequency of its inhabitants, surrounded by a siege by the Spaniards, but liberated by the intervention of the Prince of Orange in the year of our salvation 1574.

Map Labels and Place Names:

• NORTH
• WEST
• THE SEA
• British Citadel Roman ruins
• Noordwijk-aan-Zee
• Noordwijk
• Voorhout
• Rijnsburg
• Valkenburg
• Oegstgeest
• Teylingen
• Sassenheim
• Warmond
• Alkmade
• De Kaag
• Braassemermeer
• Die Kaer
• Rijnsburg Gate
• The White Gate
• The Singel
• The Vliet
• Waddinxveen
• Voorschoten
• Ter Lips
• Lamen
• Zoeterwoude
• Zoeterwoude Canal
• Meerburger Watering
• Roomburger Watering
• Cronesteyn
• Roomburg
• Rousenburch
• Leiderdorp
• The Old Rhine
• The New Rhine
• Friars Minor
• Regulars
• Zijl Gate
• Hogewoerd Gate
• Cow Gate
• The High Side
• The Low Side