Amsterdam

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  • Publisher: MapEasy
  • Catalogue: 86967
  • Scale: various
  • Size Folded: 9x23cm
  • Size: 68x66cm
Central Amsterdam on a waterproof and tear-resistant tourist map from MapEasy with a collection of street plans designed for visitors aiming to eat, drink and, most of all, shop their way across this beautiful city rather than to explore its unique layout and architecture.

The plans, with their characteristic hand-drawn style, are clearly laid out but do not always reflect the relative size of the streets, with small passages drawn as wide as the main traffic arteries. Some smaller canals are also missing.

On one side is a plan of the oldest part of the city covering the Dam - Red Light District area with the adjoining canals to the east and south. This plan is then extended on the reverse to show the central part of the canal girdle and part of the Jordaan (with the whole area wrongly described as the Jordaan). The plans are annotated with numerous, colour-coded names of restaurants and bars indicating their price range, shops and various places of interest.

A separate inset shows Amsterdam's main up-market shopping street, P.C. Hooftstraat, with yet more shops. A more general plan of central Amsterdam (curiously described as Greater Amsterdam) shows the relative locations of these more detailed plans, with additional coverage to include the city’s main museums, the Concertgebouw and the Zoo.

All in all, a bit of a curate’s egg.