BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638). Nova Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam, ca 1640.
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638). Nova Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam, ca 1640. Engraved map of Virginia, partially hand-colored, image 378 x 486 mm (481 x 590 mm sheet). Latin text on verso. (Some minor staining.) "THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT DERIVATIVE OF JOHN SMITH'S MAP OF VIRGINIA ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1612" (Burden). This is derivative 1, second state (of 2), bearing the imprint of Blaeu. Originally issued by Jodocus Hondius from 1618-1629, the map closely follows State 1 of Smith's Virginia of 1612, without longitude and the various names added in Smith's later states. Upon Hondius's death in 1629, Blaeu purchased the plates and the imprint was thereafter changed to reflect the new ownership. "Through the purchase of this plate by William Jansz. Blaeu in 1629 and its subsequent extensive publication for forty-two years, word of the English in Virginia became known throughout Europe. It is slightly larger than its parent, although more attractively engraved. Taken from the first state of Smith, it continues the coastlines where the former left them vague" (Burden 193). Koeman I:71-5; Tooley, America p.166.
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638). Nova Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam, ca 1640.
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638). Nova Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam, ca 1640. Engraved map of Virginia, partially hand-colored, image 378 x 486 mm (481 x 590 mm sheet). Latin text on verso. (Some minor staining.) "THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT DERIVATIVE OF JOHN SMITH'S MAP OF VIRGINIA ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1612" (Burden). This is derivative 1, second state (of 2), bearing the imprint of Blaeu. Originally issued by Jodocus Hondius from 1618-1629, the map closely follows State 1 of Smith's Virginia of 1612, without longitude and the various names added in Smith's later states. Upon Hondius's death in 1629, Blaeu purchased the plates and the imprint was thereafter changed to reflect the new ownership. "Through the purchase of this plate by William Jansz. Blaeu in 1629 and its subsequent extensive publication for forty-two years, word of the English in Virginia became known throughout Europe. It is slightly larger than its parent, although more attractively engraved. Taken from the first state of Smith, it continues the coastlines where the former left them vague" (Burden 193). Koeman I:71-5; Tooley, America p.166.
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