Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date

2007-02-05T19:50:32Z

Authors

Montanus, Arnoldis

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Abstract

New Virginia Map by Arnoldis Montanus. Published in Amsterdam in 1671.

Description

Copper plate engraving, black and white. 19.3 in. x 16.28 in. (49 cm x 41.35 cm). Map depicts seventeenth-century Virginia. Titlepiece in upper right adorned with images of cherubs. Heraldic image in upper center and Explanatory Note in upper right adorned with figures of Native Americans and animals. Scale in bottom center is also surrounded by cherub figures. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Map Collection, Map 4, location: Map Case C, D1.

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Virginia Maps

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