Image Title

:  Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova descriptio.

Creator

: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 -- Cartographer

Additional Name(s)

: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673  -- Publisher

Published Date

: [1640]

Item Physical Description

: 1 map : hand col. ; 38 x 49 cm.

Notes

: Covers Atlantic Coast from Virginia to Florida. Note 2.) Descriptive text in French on verso. Note 3.) From W. J. and J. Blaeu's Le theatre dv monde, ou nouvel atlas. Amsterdami, 1638-1640. Note 4.) Includes decorative cartouche and coat of arms. Note 5.) John H. Levine Bequest. Note 6.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 7.) Prime meridian: [Ferro]. Note 8.) Relief shown pictorially. Note 9.) Bar scale above the neat line on the lower margin: Milliaria Germanica communia.

Standard Reference

: Cumming. Southeast in early maps, 41; Koeman, C. I, p. 121

Source

: John H. Levine Collection

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 96-7667[Levine]

Digital ID

: 434951

Record ID

: 253583

Digital Item Published

: 2-26-2005; updated 3-25-2011