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Virginiae / Item et / Floridae / Americae Provinciarum, nova / Descriptio
From the collection of Henry and Kaye Spalding.
Virginiae / Item et / Floridae / Americae Provinciarum, nova / Descriptio [verso]
From the collection of Henry and Kaye Spalding.
Nova Virginiae Tabula / Amstelodami, ex officina Henrici Hondi
Amsterdam, 1630/1636; The first derivative of Smith's map of Virginia appeared in Atlas Novus in the editions of 1636, 1638, 1641, and 1644. It is the only Smith derivative with the Indian facing the Chesapeake Bay. Powhatan's Lodge appears in the…
Nova Virginiae Tabula / Amstelodami, ex officina Henrici Hondi [verso]
Note: Image depicts back of map. Amsterdam; The first derivative of Smith's map of Virginia appeared in Atlas Novus in the editions of 1636, 1638, 1641, and 1644. It is the only Smith derivative with the Indian facing the Chesapeake Bay. Powhatan's…
Virginia / Marylandia / et / Carolina / In America Septentrionali Britannorum industria excultae / repraesentatae / a / Ioh. Bapt Homann S. C. M. Geog. / Norimbergae
Nuremburg; Created to encourage German emigration to America, Homann's map contains an elaborate cartouche stressing wealth and riches. A prosperous gentleman oversees a full tobacco warehouse, gold, and natural resources. German settlements are…
Richmond / Henrico County / Manchester / and / Springhill / Chesterfield Co / (Virginia)
London; Note: image depicts front; see "Related Item" field for verso of image. Published in The Illustrated London News, p. 261, September 7, 1861, this map of Richmond features the Manchester and Springhill ares of the city south of the James…
Richmond / Henrico County / Manchester / and / Springhill / Chesterfield Co / (Virginia)
London; Note: image depicts verso; see "Related Item" field for front of image. Published in The Illustrated London News, p. 261, September 7, 1861, this map of Richmond features the Manchester and Springhill ares of the city south of the James…
Virginia (Virginia et Insulae Bermudes)
From the collection of Henry and Kaye Spalding.
Carte / de / La / Virginie / Par P. Duval /Geographe / du Roy / A Paris
Paris; Similar to Spalding 47, this very small map was first published in La Geographie Francoise in 1659, a popular little atlas. The heading La Virginie et les Isles Bermudes, and an unrefined inset of the island of Bermuda appear in the upper…
Virginiae / Item et / Floridae / Americae Provinciarum, nova / Descriptio
Amsterdam; Note: image depicts front; see "Related Item" field for verso of image. Based on White's map of Virginia and Le Moyne's map of Florida and derived from Hondius's 1606 map of the same name, this small map appeared in Gerardi Mercatoris…
Virginiae / Item et / Floridae / Americae Provinciarum, nova / Descriptio [verso]
Amsterdam; Note: image depicts back; see "Related Item" field for front of image. Based on White's map of Virginia and Le Moyne's map of Florida and derived from Hondius's 1606 map of the same name, this small map appeared in Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas…
America /Secondo le ultime / Osservazioni del Ac- / cademia Reale delle / scinze [sic]
Rome, ca. 1775; This small map of the Western Hemisphere is probably from the Italian edition of the atlas Geografia Universale, engraved by P. Buffier and published in Rome by G. Petroschi in 1775. Claude Buffier was a Jesuit theologian whose small…
Van der Ankunfft du Engellender
Frankfurt; Probably based on drawing of John White: Van der Ankunfft du Engellender [The Arrival of the Englishman in Virginia]. Issued in four languages in 1590, the German edition of De Bry's Grands Voyages, Part I, also appeared in 1600 and 1620.…
Indians; After John White's drawings: [Indians]
Frankfort; Note: image depicts front; see "Related Item" field for verso of image. These depictions of ten native peoples from Virginia and Roanoke are based on the drawings of John White, who documented the English expedition under the direction of…
Indians; After John White's drawings: [Indians] [verso]
Frankfort; Note: image depicts verso; see "Related Item" field for front of image. These depictions of ten native peoples from Virginia and Roanoke are based on the drawings of John White, who documented the English expedition under the direction of…