TitleNova Virginiae tabvla
NamesGryp, Dirck (Engraver)Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer)Smith, John, 1580-1631 (Cartographer)Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612 (Cartographer)
CollectionJohn H. Levine Collection
Dates / OriginDate Issued: 1644 (Questionable)Place: [Amsterdam]Publisher: Ex Officina Guiljelmi Blaeuw,
Library locationsLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map DivisionShelf locator: Map Div. 97-7389 [Levine]
TopicsMaryland -- Maps -- Early works to 1800Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
GenresMaps
NotesContent: State 2. Based on John Smith's map of the Chesapeake Bay. "Copper plates for a number of maps made originally by Jodocus Hondius Jr. were purchased by [W.J.] Blaeu in 1629 and the imprints altered to reflect the new ownership" --Verner, Smith's Virginia and its derivatives.Content: Appears in Willem Blaeu's Atlantis appendix. Possibly from his Le Thhbtre dv monde.Content: Cartouches: title at top center; scale and publisher statement at bottom center; "Notarum explicatio" above Indian figure.Content: Inset ill.: "Status Regis Powhatan" in upper left corner.Content: John H. Levine Bequest.Content: Large standing figure of Indian along right border at the center; royal coat of arms to the left of it.Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 86.Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.Content: On verso, catchword: naux; sig. I, [p.] 9.Content: Oriented with north towards the right.Content: Relief shown pictorially.Content: Shows Chesapeake Bay region.Citation/reference: Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, I, p. 121Citation/reference: Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America, p. 162Statement of responsibility: D. Grijp, sculpt.
Physical DescriptionExtent: 1 map : hand col. ; 36 x 46 cm.
Type of ResourceCartographic
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 9865009NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14963762Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2b6e39b0-c6f0-012f-ffdb-3c075448cc4b
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