"Descripcion de las Yndias del Norte 2", Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de

An uncommon Spanish version of de Herrera's 1601 map with its cartography based on the manuscript charts of Juan Lopez de Velasco (c. 1575-80). The striking lack of internal detail reflects the official Spanish policy protecting geographical knowledge of their presence in the New World. The only name appearing in North America is La Florida, which appears two times in this variation of Herrera's map. The Audiencias (the Spanish colonial political divisions) are the only other place names on the map. This map appeared in Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos… which was published by Nicolas Rodriguez in Madrid, 1726-30.

References: Burden #141 (Corrigenda and Addenda).

Condition: B

A nice impression with a light damp stain covering about half of the image and some additional stains in the bottom blank margin. There is a clean cut in the bottom right corner of the map that has been archivally repaired.