This is a very decorative, carefully made map based on the Hondius/Blaeu version of John Smith's prototype of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. It is beautifully engraved with mountains, rivers, and forests and provides a wealth of information concerning the Indian villages in the region. The title and distance scale cartouches feature putti and a scene at upper right features Native Americans with a llama, unicorn and a fat-tailed sheep. This is state two, issued by Ogilby, printed on paper watermarked with a cockatrice.
Narrow margins, as issued, with slight loss of neatline at bottom left. Old paper tape repairs on verso, including one behind a small hole about 2" under the cartouche. One short tear at right just into the border has been repaired with archival tape.