Virginiae item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova descriptio.

Author/creator Cloppenburg, Johannes
Other author Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
Format Map
Publication[Amsterdam] : [publisher not identified], [between 1630 and 1636?]
Description1 map : hand colored ; 19 x 26 cm, on sheet 22 x 29 cm
Supplemental ContentFinding aid
Subjects

Cartographic dataScale approximately 1:6,500,000.
General noteRelief shown pictorially.
General noteTitle enclosed in cartouche in upper left.
General noteAbove neat line: "De Virginia et la Floride 663".
General noteFirst state. Cf. Burden.
General noteIn cartouche at bottom, right of center: "Medius meridianus est 300, reliqui ad hunc inclinantur pro ratione 30. et 37. paralelorum."
General noteReduced version (1630 or 1636) by Cloppenburg of a map in Mercator's Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Cf. Burden.
General noteShows the eastern coastline from Chesapeake Bay to St. Augustine, Florida.
General noteShows Indian villages.
References Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 227
References Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 36
Acquisitions source Joyner- Purchased from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, 1/28/2013
LanguageFrench text on verso.
Genre/formEarly works.
Genre/formMaps.

Availability

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Joyner Rare Vault G3870 1630 .C56 ✔ Available Request Material