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1984-58, Map
FLORIDAE AMERICAE PROVINCIAE Recens & exactissima descriptio Auctorè Iacobo le Moÿne cui co- gnomen de Morgues, Qui Laud?- nierum, Altera Gallorum in eam Prouinciam Nauigatione comitat est, Atque adhibitis aliquot militibus...
1984-58, Map

FLORIDAE AMERICAE PROVINCIAE Recens & exactissima descriptio Auctorè Iacobo le Moÿne cui co- gnomen de Morgues, Qui Laud?- nierum, Altera Gallorum in eam Prouinciam Nauigatione comitat est, Atque adhibitis aliquot militibus...

Date1591
Cartographer
Publisher 1528 - 1598
OriginEurope, Germany, Frankfurt
MediumLine engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 × 18in. (36.8 × 45.7cm)
Framed: 19 × 22 1/4 × 7/8in.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1984-58
DescriptionThe center right cartouche reads: "FLORIDAE AMERICAE PROVINCIAE/ Recens & exactissima descriptio/ Auctorè Iacobo le Moÿne cui co-/ gnomen de Morgues, Qui Laud?-/ nierum, Altera Gallorum in eam/ Prouinciam Nauigatione comitat/ est, Atque adhibitis aliquot militibus,/ Ob pericula, Regionis illius interi-/ora & Maritima diligentissime/ Lustrauit, & Exactissime dimensus/ est, Obseruata etiam singulorum/ Fluminum inter se distantia, ut ipse-/met redux Carolo IX Galliarum/ Regi, demonstrauit."Label TextJacques Le Moyne's map illustrates Cuba northward to North Carolina and was the first to delineate the area in any detail. Such information as the French Huguenot settlements of the 1560s in South Carolina and Florida was included. The latitudes depicted are fairly accurate, however, the shoreline extends too far to the east rather than northeast, causing errors in subsequent maps for the next fifty years.

Jacques Le Moyne came to America in 1564 with a group of French Huguenots who hoped to establish a colony in Florida. A Spanish attack on the colony at Fort Caroline left only a few survivors, who returned to the Continent. Le Moyne was one of those survivors and returned to England with many drawings and a map manuscript. These drawings, and those of John White, were purchased by Theodore de Bry for his multivolume work illustrating the exploration of the New World.ProvenanceBefore 1984, Kenneth Nebenzahl Inc. (Chicago, IL); 1984-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).