Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia: Jansson 1639

Title: Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia Author: Jan Jansson Date: 1639 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Good - wear along issued center fold, foxing and uneven toning Inches: 21 x 16 1/4 [Image] Centimeters: 53.34 x 41.2 [Image] Product ID: 222004 This influential map is derived from a less-well-circulated 1630 chart by Johanes de Laet.  Enlarged, and expanded to the north and east slightly, it carries de Laet's narrative on the reverse. De Laet's map is one of extreme importance, being the first printed to use the names Manbattes (Manhattan) and N. Amsterdam. The nomenclature is also virtually identical, with the few minor differences most likely owing to engraver's error. C. of Feare is still depicted over 2 degrees too far south. This is not the Cape Fear we know of today but actually Cape Lookout. During the fiercely competitive decade of the 1630's the families of Blaeu and Hondius-Janssonius often produced maps drawn directly from one another.