Scope and arrangement
The map shows the island's position relative to the Roanoke Colony and New England. Hondius based the map on Richard Norwood's survey of 1622, published by John Speed (1627). Signature "eeeee". Reverse side in French. No visible watermark.
Administrative information
Custodial History
July 14, 2008, 1 item, 0.007 cubic feet; Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Barmudas dictarum (1633?) : ad Ostia Mexicani aestuarij jacentium in latitudine graduum 32 minutorum 25 / Ab Anglia Londino scilicet versus Libonotum 3300 Miliarbus Anglianis, et a Roanoack (qui locus est in Virginia) versus Euronotum 500 Mill. Accurate descripta. [Map of the Summer Islands, alias the Bermudas, lying at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, latitude 32 degrees 25 minutes from London, England evidently 3300 English miles from Lisbon, and from Roanoake (which place is in Virginia) it is 500 miles to the south-east, accurately described.] Astelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Henricum Hondium [ca. 1633 ?] Engraved in color. 33 x 51 cm. Scale: [ca. 1:70,000]. Purchase (Special Manuscript Fund), Ten Pound Island Book Company, Gloucester, MA
Source of acquisition
Purchase (Special Manuscript Fund), Ten Pound Island Book Company, Gloucester, MA
Processing information
Encoded by Mark Custer, October 18, 2008
Copyright notice
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