Zee en Land - Togten der Franszen Gedaan na, en in't Americaans Gewest van Florida, aller-eerst door Ioh. Pontius Ontdekt : voyages par Mer et par Terre des François dans la Floride, prémierement découverte par Jean Pontius / dressez sur les Mémoires, et perfectionez par un grand nombre d'autres plus recens, de nouveau mis au jour par Pierre vander Aa, á Leide, Avec Privilege.

1714?
Map Collection #MC0049
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Creator(s)
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Physical description
0.001 Cubic Feet, 1 archival folder, consisting of a map
Preferred Citation
Zee en Land Togten der Franszen Gedaan na,en in't Americaans Gewest van Florida, aller-eerst door Joh. Pontius ontdekt Map (#MC0049), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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This is a 1714 map by Pieter Vander Aa (of Leiden, Netherlands) illustrating Ponce De Leon's travels and discoveries in North and South Carolina. The map is based on the earlier Hondius-Mercator map of the area among others. 12" x 9", hand-colored copper plate engraving with decorative board. Decorative board depcits European with spears, guns, swords and sheilds killing Indigenous people holding spears, arrows and shields. Title is in Dutch, text in French and Latin. Watermak is a strasburg Lilly with a crown over countermarks 4 w qA.

Biographical/historical information

Pierre (Pieter) van der Aa was a publisher, editor and bookseller of Leiden. He started as a bookseller at the age of twenty-three, becoming a prominent member of the Booksellers' Guild.

As a publisher his output was varied and prodigious though his main interest was the production of maps and atlases, which he printed in all sizes.

His publications include an Atlas Nouveau completed in about 1710, and the Galerie Agreable du Monde, of 66 parts in 27 volumes, completed in 1729 and containing over 3 000 maps.

Source: https://www.vintage-maps.com/en/aa-pieter-van-der-47

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Custodial History

January 7, 2014, (unprocessed) 1 item, 0.001 cubic feet; This is a 1714 map by Pieter Vander Aa (of Leiden, Netherlands) illustrating Ponce De Leon's travels and discoveries in North and South Carolina. It is titled Zee en Land Togten der Franszen Gedaan na,en in't Americaans Gewest van Florida, aller-eerst door Joh. Pontius ontdekt. The map is based on the earlier Hondius-Mercator map of the area among others. 12" x 9", hand-colored copper plate engraving with decorative board. Purchased with state funds from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Inc.

Source of acquisition

Purchased from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, La Jolla, CA, with state funds

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