It seems to be a nineteenth-century copy of an original map of Madrid by Pedro Teixeira from 1656. There are only nine known examples of this copy of the most important seventeenth–century map of the city.

Similarly to the original, the copy was made of twenty individual folios measuring 57 x 45 centimetres. Coloured by hand, the map is mounted on a fine linen support. The original engraving from 1656 was printed in the workshops of Jan and Jacques van Veerle in Antwerp, which explains the mistakes in orthography and in localisation because there was no possibility for later consultation or revision, though the precision of the topographical layout is truly impressive.

The map was made in cavalier perspective from the south of the city, which means that some perimeters of the blocks are not entirely accurate. The limits of Madrid as represented in the map correspond to the current-day city centre districts of El Retiro and Los Jerónimos.

Teixeira’s map was used as a model for later maps during the 1750s and 1760s, as it was the only reliable representation of Madrid available at the time. It shows over ten thousand buildings, some of which are depicted with great precision, such as the Buen Retiro palace and the Alcázar, and it also showed people in various activities in order to add life and realism.