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MAP #: 140B5
CARTOGRAPHER : BLAEU, WILLIAM JANSZOON
[PUBLISHER]
DATE: 1640
SHORT TITLE : VIRGINIAE PARTIS AUSTRALIS, ET
FLORIDAE PARTIS ORIENTALIS.
REMAINING TITLE & ID : INTERJACENTIUMQ3 REGIONUM NOVA
DESCRIPTIO. (CARTOUCHE, LEFT OF TOP CENTER, CARTOUCHE HAS 3 FIGURES
ON EACH SIDE, STANDING ON A PLATFORM). SCALE (19 MILLIARIA
GERMANICA COMMUNIA, BOTTOM RIGHT OF CENTER). COMPASS ROSES (LEFT
OF SCALE AND CENTER RIGHT). THREE SAILING SHIPS ARE SHOWN IN THE
"MAR DES NORT." THERE IS WRITING ON THE REVERSE SIDE (SEE VERNER'S
NOTES FOR THE DATES, LANGUAGES, SIGNATURES, CATCHWORDS, PAGE #s,
AND FOLIO #s APPLICABLE TO THE VARIOUS ATLASES IN WHICH IT
APPEARED). THERE IS AN ERROR ON THE BOTTOM LONGITUDE SCALE, WITH
"200" INSTEAD OF "300" ENGRAVED ON THE RIGHT. LONGITUDE EAST
PROBABLY FROM FERRO (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND
LEFT BORDERS).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1640
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : AMSTERDAM
PUBLISHER : W.J. & J. BLAEU
LANGUAGE(S) : LAFR
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 38.6 X 50.7 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 51.0 X 59.7 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 2,280,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 1 INCH = c.36 MILES
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : G1399-563
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : SW015-TTD
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL AREA MAP SIGNIFICANT TO
A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : JOHN SMITH DERIVATIVE MAP (11)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SHOALS SHOWN BY DOTTEN LINE
CARTOUCHE : AUGMENTED PLASTERWORK (16)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : UNSPECIFIED, BUT PROBABLY FROM
FERRO (22)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 090W5
BEST INFO SOURCE : CUMMING & VERNER ARE THE BEST
FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP OF THE AREA FROM
VIRGINIA TO FLORIDA INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY. CUMMING INDICATES THAT THIS MAP IS BASED ON THE MERCATOR MAP
OF 1606, PUBLISHED BY HONDIUS, ENTITLED "VIRGINIAE ITEM ET FLORIDAE
AMERICAE", IN GERARD MERCATOR'S ATLAS...AUCTUS AC ILLUSTRATUS A
JUDOCO HONDIO, AMSTERDAM, 1606, No. 143. THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE MERCATOR MAP WAS BASED ON THE JOHN WHITE MAP OF 1590 (SEE MAP
# 090W5). THE MORE SOUTHERLY PART IS BASED ON THE LE MOYNE MAP OF
1591. THE BLAEU DERIVATIVE, DESCRIBED HEREIN, WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER
AND INCORPORATED NEW GEOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS
CHANGED FROM A SMALL BAY TO ITS PROPER SHAPE. "JAMES TOWN" IS
ADDED AS ARE A NUMBER OF INDIAN NAMES. THE BLAEU MAP FIRST APPEARED
IN W.J. AND J. BLAEU'S LE THEATRE DV MONDE OU NOVVEL ATLAS,
AMSTERDAMI, 1640. SUBSEQUENT ATLASES HAVING THE MAP WERE ISSUED BY
THE SAME PUBLISHERS THROUGH 1645 AND THEN BY J. BLAEU UP THROUGH
1667. F. DE WIT ALSO PUT OUT ATLASES WITH THE MAP THROUGH 1708.
JAN JANSSON ISSUED A NEARLY IDENTICAL MAP IN 1641, BUT A DIFFERENT
PLATE WAS USED. THE JANSSON DERIVATIVE WAS PUBLISHED IN HIS
NIEUWEN ATLAS. DERDE DEEL: DES NIEUWEN ATLANTIS AENBANG.
AMSTERDAMI, 1642-1644. THE MAP APPEARED IN MANY JANSSON ATLASES
THROUGH 1675, AND THE PLATES WERE ALSO USED BY JOHN SELLER, CAREL
ALLARD AND VALK AND SCHENK, UP THROUGH 1710.
DATA IS PRIMARILY FROM CUMMING.
EDITION & STATE INFO : THE EDITION AND STATE DATA HAS
NOT BEEN RESEARCHED. HOWEVER, CUMMING LISTS NUMEROUS ATLASES IN
WHICH THIS MAP APPEARED. (SEE CUMMING, #41 PP. 137-138). VERNER'S
[UNPUBLISHED] NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA LIST THE DATES,
LANGUAGES, SIGNATURES, CATCHWORDS, PAGE #s, AND FOLIO #s FOR THE
VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS OF THIS MAP FROM 1640 TO 1667.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : HFC HAS A GOOD COPY OF THIS MAP
IN OUTLINE COLORING, WITH THE FIGURES SURROUNDING THE CARTOUCHE AND
SCALE AND THE CARTOUCHE AND SCALE THEMSELVES IN FULL COLOR. THE
COPY HAS WIDE MARGINS. THE RIGHT MARGIN HAS SOME WATERSTAINING.
THE HFC COPY IS THE 1644 FRENCH VERSION, WITH A SIGNATURE OF "K"
AND A CATCHWORD OF "CEUX". IT HAS A FOLIO # OF 10.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : KOEMAN,IR. C., ATLANTES
NEERLANDICI, 5 VOLS. & INDEX, I, THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM LTD.,
AMSTERDAM, 1969, BL15(28), BL18(28); CUMMING, WILLIAM P., THE
SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS, UNIVERSITY OF NORATH CAROLINA PRESS,
CHAPEL HILL, 1962, # 41 (BLAEU), # 26 (MERCATOR-HONDIUS), # 42
(JANSSON), PLATE 26; PHILLIPS, P.L., A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL
ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,
WASHINGTON, 1909, # 445 (1644), # 3421; PHILLIPS, P.L., A LIST
OF MAPS RELATING TO AMERICA IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, 1901, P. 978; MACPHERSON, P. XIV; VERNER,
COOLIE, [UNPUBLISHED] NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA.
July 19, 1988
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