Collection: Osher Sheet Map Collection

Title: Carta Particolare della nuoua Belgia e parte della nuoua Anglia. La longitudine Cominca da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores D'America Carva II

Title Translation: Map of New Netherland and part of New England. The longitude common with the Azores

Barcode: 454

Creator: Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649

Printmaker: Lucini, Antonio Francesco, 1605-

Publishing Location: Florence

Region Depicted: New Jersey · New York (State) · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Maine · New England

Date Produced: 1661

Date Published: 1661

Language: Italian

Historical Context: This map, made by a nobleman exiled from the court of Elizabeth I, is the first detailed coastal chart of New England and the eastern coast of North America. Dudley took most of his information from existing Dutch maps. He did add new information from English chart-makers, including the depth-soundings over the fishing banks. The apparently English place names in New England are derived from John Smith's map of New England, but they have been interspersed in new locations among the older names that Smith tried to supersede.

Subjects: New Jersey · New York (State) · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Maine · New England · Lucini, Antonio Francesco, 1605- · Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649 · Nautical chart · Maps--Early works to 1800 · Coasts

Map Type: Nautical charts

Dimensions: 46 x 40 cm.

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Notes: Bottom left corner "AF: Lucini Fece."

Brief Description: Map of the East coast of the United States from New York harbor to Maine. The map shows soundings and banks

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

Associated Map Imagery: Ship, 1661, Carta Particolare della nuoua Belgia e parte della nuoua Anglia. La longitudine Cominca da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores D'America Carva II

Collection/Donor: Osher

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/454.0001