Virginiae item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova descriptio.
between 1630 and 1636?
Map Collection #MC0046
- Creator(s)
- Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594; Cloppenburg, Johannes
- Physical description
- 0.001 Cubic Feet, 1 oversize folder, consisting of a map
- Preferred Citation
- Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio Map (#MC0046), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio drawn by Johannes Cloppenburg of Amsterdam in 1630-1636. This map is a first edition, hand-colored and measuring 10" x 7". Depciting Floridia, Viriginia, and local tribes: Sanawanoock, Mangoack, Secotan, Paquiwock. Recto in Latin and French, verso is page 669 in French.
Administrative information
Custodial History
February 26, 2013, (unprocessed) 1 item, 0.001 cubic feet; Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio drawn by Johannes Cloppenburg of Amsterdam in 1630-1636. This map is a first edition, hand-colored and measuring 10" x 7". Covering the area that is now North Carolina, South Carolina and parts of Virginia and Georgia, this map was first issued in the Cloppenburg edition of Jansson's Atlas sive Cosmographie. Purchased from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Inc.
Source of acquisition
Purchased (with state funds) from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Inc.
Copyright notice
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