Objektsbeskrivning DECORATIVE MAP OF EASTERN UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK. DANCKERTS, JUSTUS. Novi Belgii Novae Que Angliae Nec Non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam, c. 1684. Hand-coloured (in contemporary colour) engraved map with title cartouche and an inset view of the Dutch colony on Manhattan island, i.e. New York with the title: Nieuw Yorck, eertys Genaemt Nieuw Amsterdam op't Eylant Manhattans. No text on verso. Platemark 467x553 mm., inset view about 310x70 mm. Margins about 3-4 cms. Some slight browning to upper part of the map due to faint dampstains on verso. Framed. Second state of this important map of the eastern United States. First edition was published about 1673 omitting Philadelphia. A third edition was also published in 1690 (ca). One of the most decorative colonial maps of the United States. Geographically and stylishly the map is derived from Visscher's map of circa 1655. It covers the region from Chesapeake Bay to Penobscot Bay and includes the placement of nearly every colonial settlement along the coastline and rivers. The map depicts forests, mountains, rivers and lakes with most of the geography based on the work of Champlain. The most important feature of the map is the view of New York that was taken from the Visscher map. This is the second published view of New York.
Objektsbeskrivning DECORATIVE MAP OF EASTERN UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK. DANCKERTS, JUSTUS. Novi Belgii Novae Que Angliae Nec Non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam, c. 1684. Hand-coloured (in contemporary colour) engraved map with title cartouche and an inset view of the Dutch colony on Manhattan island, i.e. New York with the title: Nieuw Yorck, eertys Genaemt Nieuw Amsterdam op't Eylant Manhattans. No text on verso. Platemark 467x553 mm., inset view about 310x70 mm. Margins about 3-4 cms. Some slight browning to upper part of the map due to faint dampstains on verso. Framed. Second state of this important map of the eastern United States. First edition was published about 1673 omitting Philadelphia. A third edition was also published in 1690 (ca). One of the most decorative colonial maps of the United States. Geographically and stylishly the map is derived from Visscher's map of circa 1655. It covers the region from Chesapeake Bay to Penobscot Bay and includes the placement of nearly every colonial settlement along the coastline and rivers. The map depicts forests, mountains, rivers and lakes with most of the geography based on the work of Champlain. The most important feature of the map is the view of New York that was taken from the Visscher map. This is the second published view of New York.
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