Bardewick is a town situated 40 km south east of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. This fine birds-eye view of the town is found in the ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’ which was compiled by George Braun (1541-1622) the Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun produced a total of over 500 city views and maps published in six parts between 1572 and 1617. Most of the engraving was the work of Simon Novellanus and Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590), many after drawings by George Hoefnagel. It was first published in the rare fifth volume in 1598 with Latin text, this example is from the German text edition of 1600. Although published in 1598 it appears to have been engraved by Daniel Frese in 1588 as his imprint indicates. Koeman II B & H 5 no. 44.