Virginia

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section 3

Creator:

Smith, John, 1580-1631

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

"From Theodore de Bry's Grand Voyages, Dreyzehender Theil Americae published by Matheus Merian. This German version of Captain John Smith's map of Virginia depicts the English colony shortly after Jamestown's 1607 founding. Powhatan, the principal chief of the indigenous confederacy that dominated the region, presides in the upper left corner. The rivers command our attention. The English expected to settle the interior by following waterways upstream. In time, tobacco plantations worked by indentured servants and slaves replaced the indigenous settlements that dotted these rivers. The Potomac River is visible just above the "SA" in "Chesapeak Bay."" -- Mapping the "New World": Highlights from the Paul Schott Stevens Collection

Language:

German .

Material specific details:

Scale given: Meylen und halbe Meylen. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Includes note "Erformet und belchriben durch Capitain Johan Schmidt" (Formed and written by captain John Smith). Includes illustrations. Table of reference provides explanations of illustrations.

Physical facet:

1 map ; uncolored

Dimensions:

36 x 29 cm, on sheet 38 x 32 cm

Other descriptive data:

Frankfurt: John Smith, 1627?

Subjects:

Native Americans
Maps (documents)

Names:

Smith, John, 1580-1631

Places:

Virginia

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