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A Seminal Map of the Southeast and Early American Cartography in Full Contemporary Color

"Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio", Hondius, Jodocus

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.1 x 13.5 inches
48.5 x 34.3 cm
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This stunning map was compiled from two of the most important source maps of the early colonial period: John White's Virginia and Jacques le Moyne's Florida. Hondius' map became the prototype map of the region for the first half of the 17th century and continued to influence the cartography of the region until the middle of the 18th century. Largely due to the enormous success of Hondius' Atlas, Le Moyne's erroneous depiction of a large inland lake (Lacus aquae dulcis) from which the R. de May (St. John's River) flows in a southeasterly direction was popularized. Chesapeake Bay, here called Chesepioock Sinus, and the area south towards C.S. Romano Hispanis are shown in their White delineations. The Indian villages of Paquiwok, Croatoan, and Wococon are named in the Outer Banks and several others along the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. The map is extensively decorated with depictions of Indian villages incorporated in the title cartouche, a Floridian king and queen and Virginian natives in a canoe taken from De Bry, wildlife including a wild turkey, ships, sea monsters and a superb compass rose. French text on verso.

See also lot 783 for Philip Burden's The Mapping of North America - A List of Printed Maps 1511-1700 that describes this map.

References: Burden #151; Cumming (SE) #26; Williams & Johnson #3; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #9400:1A.

Condition: B

A dark impression with full contemporary color on a moderately toned sheet. There is light soiling along, an extraneous crease adjacent to the centerfold, and some small holes and tears along the centerfold that have been professionally repaired.

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700

Current High Bid:
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Reserve: Reserve Not Met
Next Bid: $700

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