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Virginiae Partis Australis et Floridae Partis Orientalis....

  • ARTIST: Willem Blaeu

  • PUBLISHER: Published by W. Blaeu, Amsterdam.

  • MEDIUM: Handcolored copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1640, c.1650.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 1/4 x 19 7/8" (385 x 502 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine example of this map which is based on the larger 1606 Mercator-Hondius map. It covers an area from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to Georgia. On this map a number of settlements are named including Jamestown (est. 1609) and Newport News (est. 1621). One of the great early obtainable maps of the southeast.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Original hand coloring.

  • REFERENCE: Burden, â??Mapping of North Americaâ?? #253; Cumming, â??Southeast in Early Mapsâ?? #41.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps