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A bird's-eye view map of the city of Enkhuizen from 1577, created by Lucas Jansz Waghenaer. The city is shown as a densely built peninsula fortified with walls, gates, and bastions, surrounded by water. The "Zuijder Zee" (Zuiderzee) is filled with various ships, including merchant vessels and small boats. To the upper left, an ornamental cartouche contains a coat of arms featuring three crowned herrings, topped with a winged cherub. To the right, a large architectural legend frame contains a numbered list of city landmarks. The landscape beyond the walls includes agricultural plots and several windmills. A mythological sea figure appears in the water at the bottom right. The map is drawn in a perspective typical of late 16th-century Dutch cartography.
The city of ENCHUISE situated in the County
of Holland as it stands at present.
| Principal locations in this | The correct meaning | ||
| city and town water | of these gates of... | ||
| ways... | ... | ||
| 1 | The Great Church | 44 | The German school |
| 2 | The South Church | 45 | The Mill |
| 3 | The Town Hall | 46 | The Gallows |
| 4 | The Fish Market | 47 | The Grain Exchange |
| 5 | The Grain Market | 48 | The Holy Ghost House |
| 6 | The Meat Market | 49 | The Pest House A hospital for those afflicted with the plague |
| 7 | The Weer Church | 50 | The New Bridge |
| 8 | The South Gate | 51 | The Coupling Bridge |
| 9 | The North Gate | 52 | The Drunken Bridge |
| 10 | The Cow Gate | 53 | The Shield? Bridge |
| 11 | The Kettle Market | 54 | The Cow Bridge? |
| 12 | The South Sluice | 55 | The Kettle Bridge |
| 13 | The West Sluice | 56 | The Farmers'? Bridge |
| 14 | The North Sluice | 57 | The Middle? Bridge |
| 15 | The Old House | 58 | ...? |
| 16 | The Blue House | 59 | ...? |
| 17 | The Powder House | 60 | ...? |
| 18 | The Old Church | 61 | ...? |
| 19 | The Beguinage House | 62 | ...? |
| 20 | The South Harbor | 63 | ...? |
| 21 | The North Harbor | 64 | ...? |
| 22 | The Old Harbor | 65 | ...? |
| 23 | The New Harbor | 66 | ...? |
| 24 | The South Canal | 67 | ...? |
| 25 | The West Canal | 68 | ...? |
| 26 | The North Canal | 69 | ...? |
| 27 | The Kettle Canal | 70 | ...? |
| 28 | The Water Gate | 71 | ...? |
| 29 | The Sluice | 72 | ...? |
| 30 | The Churchyard | 73 | ...? |
| 31 | The Blue Church | 74 | ...? |
| 32 | The North Church | 75 | ...? |
| 33 | The Old Gate | 76 | ...? |
| 34 | The New Gate | 77 | ...? |
| 35 | The West Sluice | 78 | ...? |
| 36 | The East Sluice | 79 | ...? |
| 37 | The Middle Sluice | 80 | ...? |
| 38 | The City Wall | 81 | ...? |
| 39 | The City Moat | 82 | ...? |
| 40 | The Smithy | 83 | ...? |
| 41 | The Monastery | 84 | ...? |
| 42 | The Chapel | 85 | ...? |
| 43 | The Latin School | 86 | ...? |