This fine beautifully hand coloured original antique map
of the East Coast of America from Chesapeake Bay,
Virginia to the Carolina's Georgia & Northern Florida was
published in
the 1639 French edition of Mercators
Atlas by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius.
Background:
This map, extending from
Chesapeake Bay in Virginia to Northern Florida, appeared
first in Joan Blaeu's Atlas in 1638 and in Jansson's
Atlas from 1639. Making this map a 1st Jansson edition.
It was based on a map of the region published in 1606 by
Joducus Hondius after the surveys by the Englishman John
White in 1590 and the Frenchman Jacques Le Moyne de
Morgues in 1564-1565, with the respective areas of
English and French colonisation of the East Coast of
America indicated by the English Coast of Arms in
Virginia and the French Coat of Arms south of Virginia.
The map shows a region at the southern end of the
Appalachians where Gold and Silver was mined:
"Apalatcy montes in quibus aes aurum et argentum
invenitur" referring to the 16th century accounts of
panning for these metals in the rivers of the region by
the Indians.
Although the map is based on an older model, it was
attempted to incorporate some recent geographical
information, such as a settlement established in 1621 by
Irish planters led by one Daniel Gookin, at Newport News
on the north shores of Chesapeake Bay and also Jamestown
farther upstream on the James River (marked on the map
as Powhatan flu.) The general outline of
the Carolina coast on this map is another improvement on
the earlier map, being shown here with two large cuspid
bays which are now called Onslow Bay and long Bay.
This map is almost identical to the Blaeu map which was
published in the previous year in 1638. (Ref Tooley M&B)
Condition Report
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - off white
Age of map color: - Original
Colors used: - Red, yellow, green
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 22 1/2in x 19 1/4in (570mm x 485mm)
Plate size: - 20 1/2in x 15 3/4in (520mm x 400mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - Light age toning
Plate area: - Light
age toning
Verso: -
Light age toning
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