Nova Anglia,Novum Belgium Et Virginia
Date1630
Compiler
Joannes de Laet
(1583 - 1649)
Engraver
Hessel Gerritsz
(1581 - 1632)
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOverall: OH: 13 5/8" x OW: 15 3/4"; To neat lines: 11 1/8" x 14 1/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017-60
DescriptionCartouche reads: "NOVA ANGLIA,/ NOVVM BELGIVM/ ET VIRGINIA"Lower right reads: "Bermuda majori mole expressa"
Label TextThis map was in-part created using data compiled by the Dutch West India company of which it's maker Johannes De Laet was one of the founder and director. It was the first to use the names Manhattan, N. Amsterdam (New York) and Massachusetts. Additionally, it was the earliest to identify the Hudson and Delaware Rivers as the names Noordt Rivier and Zuyd Rivier, respectively.
This copy published in William C. Wooldridge, "Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War" (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), #49, pp. 56-58.
First published 1606; This example: 1634
c. 1700
