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| Keywords: 1635 Blaeu Map of New England and New York (1st depiction of Manhattan as an Island) - Geographicus - NovaBelgicaetAngliaNova-blaeu-1635.jpg A beautiful old color example of one of the most important maps in the history of America Blaeu ™s c 1635 Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova Oriented to the west this map covers the American coast from Virginia past New York and Long Island to Cape Code New England and Quebec It is cartographically derived from data accumulated by Adriaen Bock and other Dutch fur traders active in the early 17th century It is known for a number of important firsts including the first full representation of Manhattan as an Island Burden in his Mapping of North America notes This important map was one of the most attractive of the Americas at the time It is noted for the fact that its primary source is the first manuscript figurative map of Adriaen Block 1614 Indeed it is the first full representation of it in print  It is one of the earliest to name Nieu Amsterdam Block a Dutch fur trader explored the area between Cape Cod and Manhattan examining the bays and rivers along the way This helped to create an accurate picture of the longitudinal scale of the coastline His manuscript map is the first document to delineate an insular Manhattan; it also provides the earliest appearance of Manhates and Niev Nederland It has been noted that the time difference between 1614 the date of the manuscript and Blaeu's map whose first appearance is in 1635 appears long for such an important advance It would seem highly feasible that Blaeu who published many separately issued maps would have wanted to produce one like this sooner However evidence points to the fact that it could not have been made before 1630 The Stokes Collection in New York possesses an example of the map on thicker paper without text on the reverse which could well be a proof issue of some kind There are features on Blaeu's map that differ from the Block chart Some of these could be accounted for by the fact that the surviving figurative map is not the original and that the copyist omitted some place names that are referred to in the text of de Laet's work Block drew on Champlain's map of 1612 for the depiction of the lake named after him but it is here called Lacus Irocoisiensis ¦  The lack of interrelation between the Dutch or English colonies and the French led for some time to the eastward displacement of this lake when its true position would be north of the Hudson River Some nomenclature has its origins in Blaeu's second Paskaert of c 1630 and others such as Manatthans in de Laet The colony of Nieu Pleimonth is identified This and other English names along that part of the coast are largely derived from Smith's New England 1616 Cape Cod is here improved over the Block manuscript by being reconnected to the mainland the narrow strait having been removed The coastline between here and Narragansett Bay which can be clearly recognized is not so accurate Adriaen Blocx Eylandt leads us to the Versche Rivier or Connecticut River which Block ascended as far as was possible 't Lange Eyland is named; however it is incorrectly too far east being applied to what is possibly Fishers Island De Groote bay marks Long Island Sound The Hudson River is still not named as such but is littered with Dutch settlements and the failed Fort Nassau is here depicted renamed as Fort Orange He does however improve on the direction of its flow Blaeu separates the sources of the Hudson and Delaware Rivers which had been causing some confusion Nieu Amsterdam is correctly marked as a fort at the tip of an island separated on the east side by Hellegat or the East River The coastline south of Sandy Hook also shows signs of improvement The whole map is adorned by deer foxes bears egrets rabbits cranes and turkeys Beavers polecats and otters appear on a printed map for the first time The Mohawk Indian village top right is derived from the de Bry-White engravings circa 1635 undated Size in 20 15 5 object history credit line accession number NovaBelgicaetAngliaNova-blaeu-1635 Blaeu W J <i>Theatrum Orbis Terrarum</i> c 1635 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Images from Geographicus Old maps of Manhattan New York City Old maps of New York Maps of New England Old maps of Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova 1635 maps | ||||
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