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Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginia tabula
Author: Visscher, Nicolaes
Publisher: Visscher, Nicolaes
Date: 1655
Location: Middle Atlantic States, New England
Dimension 47.0x56.0cm
Scale: Scale not given
Call Number: G3715 1655 .V57
Author: Visscher, Nicolaes
Publisher: Visscher, Nicolaes
Date: 1655
Location: Middle Atlantic States, New England
Dimension 47.0x56.0cm
Scale: Scale not given
Call Number: G3715 1655 .V57
DESCRIPTION
This is an early re-issue of the influential map of northeastern North America, first published by Jan Jansson in 1651. While Visscher copied much of Jansson's original map, he did invert several decorative details and added the inset view of New York City.
The original map, which was a careful compilation of earlier maps by Samuel Champlain, Capt. John Smith and William Blaeu, was intended to promote Dutch colonization of New Netherlands. After English occupation of New York in 1674, the map served equally well to attract European settlers to New England.
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