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MAP #: 090B5
CARTOGRAPHER : BRY, THEODORE DE [PUBLISHER]
DATE: 1590
SHORT TITLE : ANGLORUMIN VIRGINIAM ADUENTUS
REMAINING TITLE & ID : (ABOVE PLATE). "II" (RIGHT OF
TITLE). 19 LINES OF LATIN TEXT (BELOW PLATE). "T.B. 2"
(BOTTOM RIGHT OF PLATE). THERE IS NO WATERMARK. LONGITUDE AND
LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1590
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : FRANKFORT
PUBLISHER : THEODORE DEBRY
LANGUAGE(S) : LA
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 15.4 X 22.4 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 34.0 X 47.0 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: :
SCALE - OTHER DATA : APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH = 8 MILES
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-275
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : PRS017=NUG
REGION CATEGORY : THIS MAP IS NOT IMPORTANT TO A
MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (9)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : W IS AT THE TOP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SHOALS SHOWN IN SHADING.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : NONE (1)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 090W5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : CUMMING, QUINN AND VERNER ARE ALL
HELPFUL.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS A DIAGRAMMATIC SKETCH OF
THE ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH IN VIRGINIA, SHOWING THE AREA FROM CAPE
HATTERAS TO SOUTH OF CAPE HENRY. THE LOCATION OF THE ROANOKE
SETTLEMENT IS INDICATED. SHOAL WATER IS SHOWN BY DOTTED AREAS.
INDIAN VILLAGE LOCATIONS ARE GIVEN. A PICTURE OF A LARGE FISH TRAP
IS SHOWN, ALONG WITH MANY TREES, INDIANS, SHIPS, CANOES, SUNKEN
VESSELS, AND A SEA MONSTER. THIS VIEW IS TOO FAR SOUTH TO BE AN
IMPORTANT ITEM IN A CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION, BUT DOES ELABORATE ON
AN AREA INCLUDED IN THE JOHN WHITE MAP OF 1590 (SEE MAP # 090W5).
THE PLATE WAS INCLUDED IN PART I OF THEODORE DEBRY'S GRAND
VOYAGES, FRANKFORT, 1590.
NO MANUSCRIPT CORRESPONDING TO THIS PLATE IS FOUND IN WHITE'S
DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, BUT IT IS QUITE SIMILAR TO THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE 1585 WHITE MANUSCRIPT MAP.
DATA IS FROM CUMMING, VERNER AND QUINN.
EDITION & STATE INFO : CUMMING INDICATES THAT THE
PRINTED TITLE ABOVE THE MAP AND THE TEXT DIFFER IN LANGUAGE IN THE
LATIN, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN EDITIONS OF THOMAS HARRIOTT'S
ADMIRANDA NARRATIO FIDA TAMEN, BUT THAT THE ENGRAVING
REPRESENTING THE PICTORIAL MAP WAS UNCHANGED IN THE VARIOUS
EDITIONS.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS
A BEAUTIFUL BLACK AND WHITE COPY WITH FULL TEXT, WITH AN ACQ. # OF
PRS017-NUG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-275.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : CUMMING, WILLIAM P., THE
SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS, CHAPEL HILL: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA PRESS, # 13, 123-124; VERNER, COOLIE, [UNPUBLISHED]
NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA; QUINN, DAVID B., THE
ROANOKE VOYAGES, I, 216, 217, 413, II, 849; LORANT, STEFAN,
THE NEW WORLD, THE FIRST PICTURES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK:
DUELL, SLOAN & PEARCE, 1946, 229 (REPRODUCTION).
November 13, 1992
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