A hand-colored seventeenth-century map depicting the course of the Elbe River (Albis Fluvius) and its estuary. The map is oriented with South at the top and North at the bottom. It shows the surrounding regions of Lower Saxony and Holstein, including the Duchy of Lüneburg, the Bishopric of Bremen (Das Ertz Stift Bremen), and Stormaria. The city of Hamburg is depicted at the confluence of the Alster and Elbe rivers. Detailed geographical features include islands, sandbanks, and various towns and villages. Decorative elements include a title cartouche with a rural figure, a dedication cartouche flanked by two standing figures, multiple coats of arms, a compass rose, and several sailing vessels on the water.

A NEW DELINEATION
OF THE CELEBRATED RIVER
ELBE
By the Author Christian Moller.

PART OF THE DUCHY OF LÜNEBURG.

PART OF THE BISHOPRIC

Stade

ELBE RIVER original: "ALBIS FLVVIVS"

PART OF STORMARIA.

Sachsen Forest

HAMBURG

Alster

Scale bar labeled: Common German miles.

OF BREMEN.

THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF BREMEN original: "DAS ERTZ STIFT BREMEN"

KEHDINGEN original: "KEYDINGERLANDT"
The Bilkow.

The Wincht.

The Land of Hadelen

Office of Ritzebüttel

To the magnificent, most ample, and most prudent gentlemen, the Mayors and Senators of the most flourishing Republic of Hamburg, Willem Blaeu dedicates this map of their river and the surrounding islands of Hamburg.
Year 1628.

The Elbe Stream original: "De Elff Stroom"

PART OF THE GERMAN SEA.