Les Cotes de la Virginie, les Detroits de Forbisher et de Hudson
Dateca. 1732
Maker
Pieter van der Aa
(1659 - 1733)
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOH: 7 1/4" x OW: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017-38
DescriptionUpper right corner: "To. 3. P. 397." The title on a plinth reads: "Les Côtes de la/ VIRGINIE,/ les Detroits de Frobisher/ et de/ Hudson."
Label TextThis small map likely appeared in one of Pieter Van der Aa 's series of histories of discoveries published in 127 parts entitled "The Most Memorable Voyages to the East and West Indies."
This copy is published in William C. Wooldridge, Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), #25, p. 29.
