Subject: Colonial Chesapeake Bay
Period: 1671 (published)
Publication: De Nieuwe En Onbekende Wereld
Color: Black & White
Size:
13.8 x 11.3 inches
35.1 x 28.7 cm
This is a very decorative, carefully made map based on the Hondius/Blaeu version of John Smith's prototype of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. It is beautifully engraved with mountains, rivers, and forests and provides a wealth of information concerning the Indian villages in the region. The title and distance scale cartouches feature putti and a scene at upper right features Native Americans with a llama, unicorn and a fat-tailed sheep. This is state one, printed on paper watermarked with a jester.
References: Tooley (Amer) p.168-9, plt. 76; Goss (NA) #38.
Condition: B
Sharp impression. Left margin professionally extended with some facsimile of neat line.
