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Virginae item et Floridae : Americae provinciarum, nova descriptio

Description: Kashnor notes, "A scarce map, and one of the highly decorative type, richly colored. It is Gerhard Mercator's issue of Captain John Smith's map, published by Hondius." Kashnor dates as 1630, Rosenthal suggests [1606-1616]. Given pagination and language of verso, Burden dates at 1619 (entry 151). Editor and edition information taken from Van der Krogt (1:113). Two villages in cartouche; figures; indian canoe. Photocopy filed with map. "Civitatum Floridae imitatio; Civitatum Virginiae forma. [above two village views]" Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Pages 371, 372, Dddddddd. Virginae et La Floride. French description.
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Date: [1619]
Call number: 105:824 M
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Kashnor notes, "Very rare. The cartographer follows the map of Captain John Smith, published in 1612. The next after the above map was again issued by Smith in his Virginia Discovered, 1625." Kashnor dates as 1619, but he seems to have confused this with Jodocus Hondius Jr.'s map of the same name. According to Burden this is State 1, and dates to 1630 (Burden, map 193; Van der Krogt, map 9410:1). For a later edition of the Hondius map, see RB 150037; for Keere's version of the map, see RB 150048; for Blaeu's version of the map, see RB 150054; for Montanus's version of the map, see 150077. Figure of Indian below English coat of arms; Scene of Chief of the Powhatans. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, German. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 823.

105:823 M

Poli Arctici : et circumiacentium terrarum descriptio novissima sumptibus / Henrici Hundy

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Kashnor notes, "A very rare map by Hondius, following the James' map, showing New Severn and Port Nelson." Empty dedicatory shield in Asia. Kashnor dates as ca. 1639. Burden identifies this as State 2 of this map, published in the 1636 English edition of Hondius's Atlantis novi (Burden no. 246). Relief: pictorial. Projection: Polar. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Van der Krogt, map 0020:1B. Verso Text: The Pole Arctique described (in English), Page 43 and 44.

105:450 M

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Nova Virginiae tabula

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In notes for that map Kashnor notes, "Very rare. The cartographer follows the map of Captain John Smith, published in 1612. The next after the above map was again issued by Smith in his Virginia Discovered, 1625." Kashnor dates as [1619]. Others have added manuscript guesses to this copy of 1628 and 1630. Date as established by Burden and Van der Krogt based on pagination on verso. State 1 of map, according to Burden; appeared in according to Van der Krogt (atlas 1:312). For an earlier edition of the Hondius map, see 105:823; for Keere's version of the map, see RB 150048; for Blaeu's version of the map, see RB 150054; for Montanus's version of the map, see 150077. Figure of Indian below English coat of arms; Scene of Chief of the Powhatans. MS notes : 1628, 1630. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, German. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Phillips, Atlases, 452, Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, no. 45; Burden, map 228; Van der Krogt, map 9410:1. Verso Text: Description of Virginia from atlas in French, pages 697, 700. MA notes; 1630, 150037, 32685, others.

150037

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Virginiae partis australis ; et Floridae partis orientalis ; interjacentiumque regionum nova descriptio

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Kashnor dates ca. 1630. Cumming dates 1638. A comparison with van der Krogt and Burden shows that the author is Jansson, not Blaeu, and was published in an edition of his Novus atlas between 1630 and 1675. Cartouche: Indian figures. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Milliaria? Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Burden 254; Cumming 42; Van der Krogt, map 9400:1B Verso Text: MS note: 595.

093:595 M

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Chili

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Kashnor notes, "A very scarce map of the decorative type." Kashnor dates as [ca. 1750]. A variant of ca. 1630? No text on verso, similar to 1629 Hondius. Variant? See Van der Krogt, map 9920:2.2. Mounted on sheet. Cartouches: stylized faces, brackets. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Milliaria. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 908.

105:908 M

Indiae Orientalis : necnon insularum adiacentium ; nova descriptio edita / per F. de Witt Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae

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Kashnor notes, "Follows the Vischer map [105:747] in showing the Philippines and part of New Guinea with New Holland." Kashnor dates as ca. 1688. Cartouche: Chinese & Dutch traders, native woman. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 746.

105:746 M

Virginae item et Floridae : Americae provinciarum, nova descriptio

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