Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula. Multis in locis emendata

Author/Creator:

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702

Publication/Creation:

[Amsterdam] : [publisher not identified], [1685?]

Resource Type:

Map

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula. Multis in locis emendata / a Nicolae Joannes Visschero. [With a View of] Nieuw Amsterdam, op t'Eylant Manhattans

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Panoramas--New York (State)--New York--Early works to 1800
Names, Indian--North America--Early works to 1800
Maryland--Boundaries--Pennsylvania--Early works to 1800
Pennsylvania--Boundaries--Maryland--Early works to 1800
Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
New England--Maps--Early works to 1800

Description/Summary

Summary:

"Indorsement, as follows-- 'The map by which the Privy Council 1685 settled the bounds between the Lord Baltimore & I [William Penn (1644-1718)], and Maryland & Pennsylvania & Territorys or annexed Countys.' In the corner of which [map] is the second pictorial view of New York (New Amsterdam)]." The dates 1655?-85 lined out with the manuscript date 1651 added.
The map includes names and locations of Indian tribes and settlements and animal vignettes. The map follows the east coast from modern day New Brunswick in the north to Chesapeake Bay in the south. To the west, the map extends as far as the Susquehanna River following its northern branch. The northernmost part the the map includes the St. Lawrence River.

Language:

Dutch

General Note:

Map issued in 1683 shows Philadelphia.

Local Note:

LLMC Digital Library Collection

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937383680902486

OCLC Number:

1268443922