Important though geography and the depiction of battle scenes is in maps of the 16th and 17th centuries, the artistic presentation of these maps is just as noteworthy. The delicately etched symbolic and allegorical figures in the frames, vistas of cities, coats-of-arms, portraits of rulers, scenes from battles – all these are organic parts of the maps of this period and of the message they convey. The first map of Hungary produced by the firm of the Danckerts, an important family of map-makers and map-publishers in 17th century Amsterdam, was produced primarily for sophisticated collectors, alert to the artistic side of the enterprise. Geographically the contents of the map can be traced back to the mid-16th century. Cornelis and Dancker Danckerts (father and son) were among the first to show townscapes on maps of Hungary. The technique of depicting townscapes within the field of the map was very much in vogue with mapmakers in early 17th century Amsterdam