Price: SOLD
SKU: 41007
ARTIST: John Smith
PUBLISHER: Published by Franklin Press, Richmond.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving.
DATE: 1612, 1819.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 1/2 x 16" (31.6 x 40.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: The 1819 re-engraving of Captain John Smith's iconic 1612 map.<br><br> It appeared in "The True Travels, Adventure and Observations of Captaine John Smith in Europe, Asia Africke, and America : Beginning about in the Yeere 1593 and Continued to This Present 1629." Printed at the Franklin Press, Richmond, 1819. Smiths map was the first published map of the Chesapeake Bay region. "One of the most important printed maps of America ever produced and certainly one of the greatest influence." Philip Burden. This re-engraving was copied from the 10th state of the map. Although a copy, this is an affordable, somewhat early, example of a great map.
ADDITIONAL INFO: A really nice example.<br><br> Framed in a black & sanded spandrel molding. Overall framed size 17 1/2 x 21 1/4"
CONDITION: Good condition, save for a short tear along the right edge emanating from the binding tab. Black & white.
REFERENCE: Burden, P. "The Mapping of North America" #164; Pritchard/Taliaferro "Degrees" #5. Copy of state 10;
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