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Norumbega et Virginia
Author: Wytfliet, Corneille
Publisher:
Date: 1597
Location: Atlantic States, North America
Dimension 22.0x28.0cm
Scale: [ca. 1:5,000,000]
Call Number: G3709.3 1597 .W9
Author: Wytfliet, Corneille
Publisher:
Date: 1597
Location: Atlantic States, North America
Dimension 22.0x28.0cm
Scale: [ca. 1:5,000,000]
Call Number: G3709.3 1597 .W9
DESCRIPTION
Wytfliets publication was essentially the first atlas devoted solely to the Americas. It consisted of a world map, 18 regional maps, and a text on the discovery, natural history, and geography of the New World.
Displayed here is the map that depicted the northeastern coast of North America from the Carolinas to New England. The map named Virginia shortly after Sir Walter Raleighs failure to settle a colony at Roanoke. The name Norumbega designated the unknown lands of northeastern America until John Smith explored the region and published his map of 1614 christening the territory New England.
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