This great map is one of the fundamental landmark maps of the seventeenth century. It was copied almost exactly on at least 27 later maps, and it formed the beginning of the famous Jansson-Visscher series. Compiled from numerous manuscript and printed sources, the map follows the general outline of Adriaen Block's chart of 1614 with the St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain based on Champlain. Virtually all European settlements are depicted with several English settlements appearing for the first time. The map is lavishly embellished with engravings of local game and two large Indian villages, all derived from Blaeu. This is the third state with the added dedication to Gualthero de Raet with his coat of arms and the imprint of Valk and Schenk.

References: Burden #305; Fite & Freeman pp. 146-8; Tooley (Amer) p. 284, plt. #146.

Condition: B

A dark impression with full contemporary color and gilt highlights with marginal soiling, light mat burn outside the image, and remnants of hinge tape on verso. There are some short cracks caused by the oxidation of the green pigment that have been closed on verso with archival materials.