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Document identity
localId
69703b55q
label
Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
69703b55q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["[1630]"]
year
1630
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_018776
creators
Gerritsz, Hessel, approximately 1581-1632
Laet, Joannes de, 1581-1649
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
New England--Maps--Early works to 1800
Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Middle Atlantic
New England
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Leiden]
publisher
[Joannes de Laet]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
44.2033
schema:longitude
-70.3039
extent
1 map ; 27 x 34 cm on sheet 35 x 39 cm
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows the scale at lower left in "Millaria Germanica."
Inset: Bermuda majori mole expressa.
Title in decorative cartouche at upper left.
Hessel Gerritsz was the map's author and probable engraver - Burden.
The first printed map to use the names "Manbattes" (Manhattan), "N. Amsterdam" (New York), and "Massachusets" (Massachusetts).--Burden.
The earliest map to use the Dutch names of "Noordt Rivier" and "Zuyd Rivier" for the Hudson and Delaware Rivers.--Burden.
The map was first published in "Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien" (a Dutch text volume) in 1630. Subsequent editions in Latin (1633) and French (1640) followed. The map itself has no text to the verso in any edition.
The first occurrence on a map of "Novum Belgium", or New Netherlands.--Burden.
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dcId
69703b55q
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map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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5b52f6f74870eeab