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spalding 23.jpg
Richmond, Virginia; The first American reprint of John Smith's two-volume work from 1626, The True Travels, Adventures and Observations ... in Europe, Africke, and America and The Generall Histories of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Iles, was…

spalding 47.jpg
From the collection of Henry and Kaye Spalding.

spalding 26.jpg
Amsterdam; Note: image depicts front; see "Related Item" field for verso of image. A reduced verson of Hondius' Virginiae Item et Floridae (Spalding 20) and based on John White and Jacque Le Moyne, this small map appeared in Atlas Minor Gerardi…

spalding 57 front.jpg
London; Note: image depicts front; see "Related Item" field for verso of image. Similar to Spalding 26, this small map appears on a sheet of text from Samuel Purchas' His Pilgrimes in the 1625 edition, page 625. Again, it is a reduced version of…

spalding 26 back.jpg
Amsterdam; Note: image depicts back; see "Related Item" field for front of image. A reduced verson of Hondius' Virginiae Item et Floridae (Spalding 20) and based on John White and Jacque Le Moyne, this small map appeared in Atlas Minor Gerardi…

spalding 57back.jpg
London; Note: image depicts verso; see "Related Item" field for front of image. Similar to Spalding 26, this small map appears on a sheet of text from Samuel Purchas' His Pilgrimes in the 1625 edition, page 625. Again, it is a reduced version of…

spalding 13 Homann.jpg
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…

spalding 10 Seller-Thorton.jpg
London; Engraved on two plates and oriented with north to the right, this was the first published chart of the Chesapeake Bay with enough specific information to use for navigation. First appearing in The English Pilot: The Fourth Book (1689), the…

spalding 37 front.jpg
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…

spalding 37 back.jpg
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…

spalding 19 front.jpg
Amsterdam; Note: see "Related Item" field for verso of map; Published in Jansson's Atlas Novus, editions 1649 to 1649, this is State 2 of 1640, differentiated by the sea-cherub, lower left, with a tail. In the 1630s there was fierce competition…

spalding 19 back.jpg
Amsterdam; Note: see "Related Item" field for verso of map; Published in Jansson's Atlas Novus, editions 1649 to 1649, this is State 2 of 1640, differentiated by the sea-cherub, lower left, with a tail. In the 1630s there was fierce competition…
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