Virginiae item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova descriptio

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Repository	North Carolina Collection Gallery
Title	Virginiae item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova descriptio
Date Published	circa 1636
Date Depicted	circa 1636
Creator - Individual	Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651.
Place of Publication	[Amsterdam]
Publisher	[Hondius and Johnson]
Abstract	Covers coast from Chesapeake to St. Augustine. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Native American settlements throughout North Carolina (named Virginia on the map). Also includes many drawings of ships, animals, sea monsters, and Native Americans. The cartouche includes a view of a Florida Indian village on the left, and a Virginia Indian village on the right.
Bibliographic Note	This is the 1636 Latin edition of a map first published in 1606.
Reference	William P. Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Third Edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Map 26.;Philip D. Burden, The Mapping of North America: A list of printed maps 1511-1670. Herts, England: Raleigh Publications, 1996. Map 151.
Related Item	Mercator, G. and Hondius, H. Atlas sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica figura ... Amsterdam, 1606.
OCLC	51842646
Related Maps	MC.150.1632m
Type	Discovery and Exploration
Details	Colors Decorative Illustrations Native American Settlements
Subject - Geographic	North Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800. South Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800. Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800. Georgia--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject - Topical	Indians of North America--Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800. Indians of North America--North Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800. Indians of North America--South Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800. Indians of North America--Georgia--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (tgm)	Sea monsters Animals Ships Canoes
Places Depicted	North Carolina South Carolina Virginia
West Longitude	-81
East Longitude	-75.25
North Latitude	37
South Latitude	30
Scale	Scale not given.
Size	59.8 x 49 cm.
Medium	Paper
Format	Maps
Language	Latin
Digital Collection	North Carolina Maps
Host	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor	North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.
Call Number	CK344.1

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