TIERRA NVEVA
Date1599
Maker
Girolamo Ruscelli
OriginEurope, Italy, Venice
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOH: 8 11/16" x OW: 12 13/16 "
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Barry, III, Mr. and Mrs. Macon F. Brock, Mr. and Mrs. David R. Goode, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad M. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moorman, IV, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Roberts.
Object number2017-193
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "TIERRA NVEVA"Label TextThe first state of this map was published in 1651. This later edition includes recently named "Virginia." It is one of a handful of 16th century maps to list Virginia by name. the plate was also re-engraved to include a ship and a sea monster.
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), #4, pp. 4-7.
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