Beschreibung:

(Sir William) [New England and Nova Scotia], second state with the addition of page numbers to upper corners, a large compass rose lower right, strapwork scale cartouche lower left, extending from Newfoundland west to Cape Cod, including 'New France', 'New Scotlande', 'Golfe of Canada', the 'River of Saguenay' and 'The great river of Caneda', the coast of New Englande citing the plots allocated to 20 English noblemen members of the Council of New England, engraved map, 250 x 340mm., central vertical fold, a crisp sheet with wide margins, [1625]. *** William Alexander Earl of Stirling (1567-1640), was a court favourite of James I (James VI of Scotland), who gave him a colonial grant to promote settlement in what was to become Nova Scotia, in 1621. However, this partially overlapped with the grant of territory to the newly formed Council for New England of land between 40 and 48 degrees latitude. So, in 1624, Alexander published this map in his 'An Encouragement to Colonies' to promote his cause. It then appeared the following year, with pagination, in 'Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes', by Samuel Purchas, a collection of accounts of various travels in 4 volumes, the last of which covers America and the West Indies. Alexander's map shows several elements of new cartography, the west coast of Newfoundland, the first appearance of the name 'Kebec', the optimistic settlement of Alexandria, in Newfoundland, and Province of Alexandria in Nova Scotia. The named English grants had been bestowed in 1623, in the hope of establishing sustainable estates, but all failed to do so. Even Alexander's best endeavour, at Port Royal (Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia) floundered. He lost his grant in 1632 and the region was returned to the French.