Virginiae item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova descriptio

Virginiae item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova descriptio.

Author/creator	Cloppenburg, Johannes, 1592-1652
Other author/creator	Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
Format	Map and Print
Publication Info	[Amsterdam] : [publisher not identified], [between 1630 and 1636?]
Description	1 map : hand colored ; 19 x 26 cm, on sheet 22 x 29 cm
Supplemental Content	Finding aid
Subject(s)	Indians of North America--Maps --Early works to 1800. South Atlantic States--Maps --Early works to 1800. Virginia--Maps --Early works to 1800. Florida--Maps --Early works to 1800. North Carolina--Maps --Early works to 1800.

Cartographic data	Scale approximately 1:6,500,000.
General note	Relief shown pictorially.
General note	Title enclosed in cartouche in upper left.
General note	Above neat line: "De Virginia et la Floride 663".
General note	First state. Cf. Burden.
General note	In cartouche at bottom, right of center: "Medius meridianus est 300, reliqui ad hunc inclinantur pro ratione 30. et 37. paralelorum."
General note	Reduced version (1630 or 1636) by Cloppenburg of a map in Mercator's Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Cf. Burden.
General note	Shows the eastern coastline from Chesapeake Bay to St. Augustine, Florida.
General note	Shows Indian villages.
References	Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 227
References	Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 36
Acquisitions source	Joyner- Purchased from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, 1/28/2013
Language	French text on verso.
Genre/form	Early works.
Genre/form	Maps.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	Special Collections Map Cases	#MC0046 - DOES NOT CIRCULATE	✔ Available	Request Material