COLLECTION NAME:
Touchton Map Library
Record
Accession Number:
L2018.058.108
M Number:
M32
Short Title:
Virginiae item et Floridae.
Full Title:
Virginiae item et Floridae Americae provinciarum, nova descriptio.
Year:
1606
Author:
Jodocus Hondius
Object Publisher:
Jodocus Hondius
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam
Obj Height cm:
34
Object Width cm:
48
Scale:
ca. 1:3,000,000
Continent:
North America
Country:
United States
Geographic Area:
South Atlantic States
Decorative Cartouche:
Cartouche has view of a Florida Indian village on the left, and a Virginia Indian village on the right of map title.
Language:
Latin
Verso:
Text in Latin: Virginia et Florida
Cited References:
Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 26
Geographical Description:
Shows eastern coast of the U.S., with Virginia and the Carolinas stretching south to St. Augustine, Florida.
Cartobibliographic notes:
Map Includes notes, and illustrations of two Timucua Indians, two sailing vessels, two indigenous canoes with figures, sea monsters, deer and a turkey. In cartouche at lower right: "Medius Meridianus est 300, relique ad hunc inclinantur pro ratione 30 & 37 parallelorum." Published in 1609 in volume commonly referred to as the Mercator-Hondius atlas.
Subject Information:
South Atlantic States
OCLC:
992800831
Virginiae item et Floridae.
