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Based on John Smith's 1614 voyage along the New England coast, this is the first printed map devoted specifically to this region. It is also the first to use the name “New England” for an area that had up until this time been called “North Virginia.” Smith, who is more commonly associated with the founding of Virginia, was commissioned to survey the coastline north of New York in preparation for the settlement of another English colony. This map was used to guide the Pilgrims to Plymouth and also led John Winthrop to the Charles River in 1629.
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Document identity
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3f462s64w
label
New England
core
obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
3f462s64w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
New England
description
Based on John Smith's 1614 voyage along the New England coast, this is the first printed map devoted specifically to this region. It is also the first to use the name “New England” for an area that had up until this time been called “North Virginia.” Smith, who is more commonly associated with the founding of Virginia, was commissioned to survey the coastline north of New York in preparation for the settlement of another English colony. This map was used to guide the Pilgrims to Plymouth and also led John Winthrop to the Charles River in 1629.
date
["[1624]"]
year
1624
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001220
creators
Smith, John, 1580-1631
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Maps
New England--Maps--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Coast (New England)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
New England
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Printed by Geor. Low
Source extras
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sf268508b
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jq086303k
schema:latitude
44.2033
schema:longitude
-70.3039
extent
1 map ; 30 x 36 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
From Smith's The General Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. London. 1624.
Includes ill.
State 4.
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no
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3f462s64w
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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