Seated to right, seen on profile, Flavio Amalfitano at his desk measuring a compass while reading a book; a globe and an hourglass also seen on his desk and a dog at his feet; opposite him, floating on air, a sailing ship and below another desk with books and an astrolabe globe; a large recipient filled with liquid and a stone at entre seen in the foreground, to left.
Inscription content: Plated numbered 2. Lettered in margin, below image, with the title and two sentences in Latin: 'Lapis reclusit iste Flavio abditum' and 'Poli suum hunc amorem, at ipse navitae'. On image, bottom right: 'Ion.Stradanus Invent.' and 'Phls. Galle excud.'.