Collection: Smith Sheet Map Collection

Title: Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.

Title Translation: A New Description of the American Provinces of Virginia and Florida

Barcode: 1718

Creator: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594

Publisher: Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612

Publishing Location: Amsterdam

Region Depicted: Virginia · Florida · North Carolina · South Carolina · Georgia

Date Produced: 1633

Date Published: 1633

Language: Latin

Subjects: Virginia · Florida

Map Type: Geographical

Dimensions: 34 x 49 cm

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Notes: Verso: Two page description of map in French.

Brief Description: Map of Virginia and Florida featuring illustrations of native and colonial dwellings, native Americans, ships, and sea monsters

Physical Description: 1 map: colored (hand-applied, outline), illustrated

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

Associated Cartouche: Cartouche, 1633, Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.

Associated Map Imagery: King and Queen of Florida, 1633, Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio., Dugout Canoe, 1633, Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio., Sea Monster 1, 1633, Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio., Sea Monster 2, 1633, Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio., Ship 1, 1633, Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio., Ship 2, 1633, Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.

Collection/Donor: Smith

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/1718.0001