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Repository | Outer Banks History Center |
Title | Virginia et Florida |
Alternative Title | Virginia and Florida |
Date Published | 1607 |
Date Depicted | 1607 |
Creator - Individual |
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612. Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
Abstract | Hand-colored print showing the eastern coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay south to St. Augustine. Several named towns are shown along the coast, and the Native American village of Secotan is shown in what is now eastern North Carolina. Shows British and Spanish colonies. Relief shown pictorially. Latin text on verso: "Florida." |
Historical Note | This 1607 print was based on a larger 1606 Mercator-Hondius map, but with omitted names, legends, cartouches, and most illustrations. |
Reference | William P. Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Third Edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Map 27.;Philip D. Burden, The Mapping of North America: A list of printed maps 1511-1670. Herts, England: Raleigh Publications, 1996. Map 155. |
Related Item | From "Atlas minor Geradi Mercatoris à I. Hondio plurimis aeneis tabulis auctus atque illustratus." (Amsterdam, 1610). |
OCLC | 66465349 |
Related Maps | G1007.M47 1610 |
Map Type | Discovery and Exploration |
Details |
Colors Decorative Illustrations Mountains Native American Settlements |
Subject - Geographic | Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800. |
Places Depicted |
Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida |
West Longitude | -82 |
East Longitude | -75.5 |
North Latitude | 38 |
South Latitude | 29.5 |
Scale | 1:7,286,400 |
Size | 18.4 x 14.6 cm. |
Medium | Paper |
Format | Maps |
Language | Latin |
Digital Collection | North Carolina Maps |
Institution | North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources |
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 | MC.150.1607m;MARS Id 3.3.614 |
Copyright | This item is presented courtesy of the Outer Banks History Center, State Archives of North Carolina, for research and educational purposes. Prior permission from the State Archives is required for any commercial use. |
Type | Image |
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