Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata a Nicolaum Visscher

Collection: Smith Sheet Map Collection

Title: Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata a Nicolaum Visscher

Title Translation: A map of New Belgium, New Englanand, and parts of Virginia, amended in several places.

Barcode: 1742

Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Publisher: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Publishing Location: Amsterdam

Region Depicted: New England · Middle Atlantic States · Eastern Canada · Maryland · Delaware · New Jersey · New York (State) · Pennsylvania · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Vermont · New Hampshire · Massachusetts · Maine

Date Produced: 1655

Date Published: 1655

Language: Dutch

Historical Context: This map draws attention to conflicting Dutch and English claims to land west of Narragansett Bay.

Subjects: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679 · New England · Middle Atlantic States · Canada, Eastern · Maryland · Delaware · New Jersey · New York (State) · Pennsylvania · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Vermont · New Hampshire · Massachusetts · Maine · Colonial America

Map Type: Geographical

Dimensions: 46 x 55 cm

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Notes: First state, according to Campbell's "The Jansson-Visscher maps of New England". Appears in author's "Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa".

Brief Description: Map showing the Middle Atlantic States and eastern Canada

Physical Description: 1 map: colored, illustrated

Insets: Nieuw Amsterdam opt Eylant Manhattans, 1655

Theme: From Colonies to Local Control: Mapping North America, 1494 to 1867

Associated Cartouche: Cartouche, 1655, Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata a Nicolaum Visscher

Collection/Donor: Smith

Permanent URL: http://www.oshermaps.org/map/1742.0001