Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia
Item Information
- Title:
- Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia
- Cartographer:
- Gerritsz, Hessel, approximately 1581-1632
- Contributor:
- Laet, Joannes de, 1581-1649
- Date:
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[1630]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
- Subjects:
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New England--Maps--Early works to 1800
Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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New England (area)
Middle Atlantic (area)
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 27 x 34 cm on sheet 35 x 39 cm
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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[Leiden] :
[Joannes de Laet]
- Scale:
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Scale approximately 1:7,000,000
- Language:
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Latin
Dutch
- Notes:
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Relief shown pictorially.
Shows the scale at lower left in "Millaria Germanica."
Inset: Bermuda majori mole expressa.
Title in decorative cartouche at upper left.
Hessel Gerritsz was the map's author and probable engraver - Burden.
The first printed map to use the names "Manbattes" (Manhattan), "N. Amsterdam" (New York), and "Massachusets" (Massachusetts).--Burden.
The earliest map to use the Dutch names of "Noordt Rivier" and "Zuyd Rivier" for the Hudson and Delaware Rivers.--Burden.
The map was first published in "Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien" (a Dutch text volume) in 1630. Subsequent editions in Latin (1633) and French (1640) followed. The map itself has no text to the verso in any edition.
The first occurrence on a map of "Novum Belgium", or New Netherlands.--Burden.
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829
Burden, Philip D. The mapping of North America, 231
Cumming, William P. The Southeast in early maps, 35
- Notes (language):
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Title and nomenclature in Latin. Indication of north and south in graticule lines in Dutch.
- Identifier:
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06_01_018776
- Call #:
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G3715 1630 .G47
- Barcode:
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39999085969754
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