Cartographic data | Scale approximately 1:7,000,000 (W 88°24ʹ00ʺ--W 74°57ʹ00ʺ/N 37°07ʹ00ʺ--N 21°59ʹ00ʺ). |
General note | Publication details from Burden. |
General note | Relief shown pictorially. |
General note | Scale of "Millaria Germanica" at lower left. |
General note | Title in cartouche at upper right. |
General note | Florida named "Tegesta provinc." |
General note | Graticule lines show latitude extending from 23° to 37°. |
General note | Hessel Gerritsz was the map's author and probable engraver - Burden. |
General note | Based on the cartography of Jacques le Moyne, as interpreted by Cornelis Claesz - Burden. |
General note | Published in 1630 in "Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien" (Dutch text), in 1633 in "Novus Orbis" (Latin text) and in 1640 in "L'Histoire du Monde" (French text). The map's verso is blank in all of the above - Burden. |
General note | Titled "Florida et Regiones Vicinae" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829. |
References |
Burden, Philip D. The Mapping of North America, 232 |
References |
Cumming, William P. The Southeast in early maps. Third edition, 34 |
Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Purchased from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps 2/19/2016 |
Genre/form | Early maps. |
Genre/form | Early works. |
Genre/form | Maps. |
Genre/form | Early maps. |
Genre/form | Early works to 1800. |