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Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia

Description: State 1 of this map, according to Burden (map 247); date based on language and signature on verso (Van der Krogt, map 9310:1A.1). Both Hondius and Jansson published Nouveau theatre du monde, Hondius from 1639-42 and Jansson from 1639-1644. Verso bears atlas pages in French. Excerpted from Nouveau theatre du monde... published in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1639. Cartouche: vines & shells. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Unnumbered (but bearing the signature ddddd) atlas pages in French. MS notes: 32292 1172 1. 11.1 4/5 150043.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1639-1644]
Call number: 150043
Creator: Jansson, Jan (1588-1664)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 39 x 51 cm
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Terra firma et. novum regnum Granatense et. Popayan

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Map appeared with a blank verso in only two Jansson/Hondius atlases, hence the date (van der Krogt 9810.1). Cartouches: Human faces, brackets. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues, milliara. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: PL. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

105:904 M

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Nova Virginiae tabula

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Blaeu's version of the famous Virginia map. According to Burden, Blaeu purchased the plate for this map from Hondius's widow shortly after Hondius's death in 1629; the map first appeared in Blaeu's atlases in 1630 (Burden, entry 193). Date and publisher based on language and signature on verso, following Van der Krogt and Burden. For two Hondius versions of the map, see 105:823 and RB 150037; for Keere's version of the map, see RB 150048; for Montanus's version of the map, see 150077. Vignette: Powhatan's smoke house. Indian bowman. "Status Regis Powhatan quando prefectus Smith Captivus illi daretur." Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Philips, Atlases, 3430; Swem, no. 67; Burden, map 193; Van der Krogt, map 9410:2.2. Verso Text: Atlas text in Latin; D; MS note: 150054.

150054

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova

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See also Museum Bookstore 093:493 where the following notes describe this map. Kashnor notes, "Locates Nieuw Netherlandt Territory, with Nieu Amsterdam on Manhattan, and Hellegat, also Nieu Plimouth and Briston in Nieu England." McCorkle gives 1635 date, suggests that Lake Iricoisiensis is confusion between Lake Champlain and Lake Winnepessaukee. Map was first published in 1635, but the Dutch text on the verso, along with the signature, indicate a later date (Van der Krogt, map 9310:2; Burden, map 241). MS note on this map suggests 1630 date. See also 150236. Cartouche: Indians and Belgian shield; numerous figures and animals. Indian village. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McCorkle 635.1. Verso Text: Atlas pages in Dutch; E. MS notes: 32296 1630 1158 6 11.1.

150040

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova

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See also Museum Bookstore 093:493 where the following notes describe this map. Kashnor notes, "Locates Nieuw Netherland Territory, with Nieu Amsterdam on Manhattan, and Hellegat, also Nieu Plimouth and Briston in Nieu England." McCorkle gives 1635 date, suggests that Lake Iricoisiensis is confusion between Lake Champlain and Lake Winnepessaukee. Map was first published in 1635, and the Dutch text on the verso, along with the signature, indicate the same date (Van der Krogt, map 9310:2; Burden, map 241). MS note on this map suggests 1630 date. See also 150040. Cartouche: Indians and Belgian shield; numerous figures and animals. Indian village. MS notes: 1630 150236. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McCorkle 635.1; Van der Krogt, map 9310:2; Burden, map 241. Verso Text: Atlas pages in Dutch; D 2. MS notes: 32296 1630 1158JLO.

150236

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova

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This title was used by Blaeu for a different map. State 3 of the Jansson map originally published in 1636 (Burden, map 247). The paper of this map has an unfinished back making it rougher than similar maps of this period. Cartouche: Natives & coat of arms. MS note: 1218 1630 J7 (upper right). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miliaria Garmania [sic]. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 150210.

150210

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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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