Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta : primum ab Anglis inuenta, sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh, Equestris ordinis Viri, Anno Dn̄i. MDLXXXV regni Vero Sereniss. nostræ Reginæ Elisabethæ XXVII, hujus vero Historia peculiari Libro descripta est, additis etiam Indigenarum Iconibus

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section 3

Creator:

White, John, active 1585-1593, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, and Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

"Theodore De Bry's engraving of John White's manuscript map was the first finely-detailed view of a North American landscape. It depicts English claims to "Virginia," which at the time encompassed both modern Virginia and North Carolina. Created in the wake of the failed English settlement at Roanoke Island, De Bry's color engraving visualizes English understanding of indigenous political communities such as the Secotan, Chawanook, and Weapemeoc peoples. At right, the ships heading into the Chesapeake Bay suggest future pathways for settlement and commerce." -- Mapping the "New World": Highlights from the Paul Schott Stevens Collection

Language:

Latin .

Material specific details:

Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. Scale listed as "scala leucarum 25 ; Scalle of 25 leages". Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Oriented with north to the right. Includes illustrations. Includes title cartouche, "Americae pars, nunc Virginia dicta primum ab Anglis inventa Sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh Equesstris ordinis viri Anno dm MD LXXXV regm vero Serenis nolfre Regina Elizabeth XXVII. Hujus vero Hilforia peculiari Libro defcripta et additis etiam Indigenarum Icomibus".

Physical facet:

1 map ; hand colored

Dimensions:

41 x 30 cm, on sheet 42 x 33 cm

Other descriptive data:

Frankfurt : John White and Theodore De Bry, 1590

Subjects:

Maps (documents)

Names:

White, John, active 1585-1593
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621

Places:

America
Virginia
North Carolina

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