Special Collections Staff Picks

Source: Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova description, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, J. and C. Blaeu, 1640; Special Collections Map Collection #2.3 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: This map, part of Blaeu’s Le Thé&acirctre dv Monde, ou Novvel Atlas (Amsterdami, 1638, II 1640) plate 28-29, is based on the 1606 [...]

Source: Robert Lee Foy Manuscript Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The diagram below exhibits a plan of One Hundred & Sixty Six Acres of Land for Thos. Eubank (from Thos. Foy) Beginning at a Pine Pollock’s Corner & runs South 30 W 92 poles to a White Oak, (Foy’s beginning) [...]