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A detailed copperplate engraving showing a harbor view in Amsterdam. The focal point is the Haringpakkerstoren (Herring Packers' Tower), a tall, slender masonry tower with an ornate octagonal wooden top featuring a clock and a spire crowned with a weather vane. To the left of the tower are several gabled merchant houses and a row of moored sailing ships with tall masts. To the right, more gabled buildings are visible behind a wooden palisade. The foreground depicts the water of the IJ with several vessels: a small rowboat with two figures in the center foreground, and a larger sailboat with a dark sail on the right. In the distance, other city structures, including a large dome, are visible against a sky with soft clouds.

Turris CRUCIS, ad quam Jam conduntur Translation: The Tower of the Cross, to which ships are anchored.

De HARING-PAKKERS-Tooren, eertyds de HEYLIGE-KRUYS-Tooren; aan het Y in het iaar 1498. al bekent. Translation: The Herring Packers' Tower, formerly the Holy Cross Tower; already known on the IJ in the year 1498.