"Virginia et Florida", Hondius/Purchas
Subject: Colonial Southeast
Period: 1625 (published)
Publication: Purchas his Pilgrims
Color: Black & White
Size:
7.3 x 5.8 inches
18.5 x 14.7 cm
Handsome small map based on Hondius' folio map of the same name, with cartography from John White's Virginia and Jacques le Moyne's Florida as interpreted by Theodore de Bry. Features include numerous Indian villages throughout, in the Apalacci Montes there is a notation concerning the presence of both gold and silver, and the fictitious Lacus Dulcis is shown just below. Strapwork title and scale of miles cartouches decorate. Titled above Hondius his map of Florida, English text below; the page is 8 x 12".
References: Burden #155; Cumming (SE) #27.
Condition: B+
A dark impression on a strong sheet with a couple of faint stains.
