Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date1673

Maker Petrus Kaerius

Maker Johannes Cloppenburg

OriginEurope, Netherlands, Amsterdam (probably)

MediumBlack and white line engraving

DimensionsOverall: OH: 9 1/4" x OW: 14"; To neat lines: 71/8" x 10"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2017-46

DescriptionCartouche reads: "NOVA/ VIRGINIAE/ TABULA/ Miliaria Germanica com/ monia 15 pro uno gradu."
Below cartouche: "Petrus Kaerius/ Caelavit."
Key in left-corner: "Notarum/ explicatio/ Domus Regum/ Ordinairae Domus/ Lucubrationes/ Anglorum."Label TextThis map was engraved by Pieter van den Keere and appeared in a reduced-size Latin edition of Johannes Cloppenberg's 'Gerardi Mercatoris Atlis sive Cosmograhicae.' It is the fourth derivative of John Smith's 1612 map of Virginia. This map is identified as state 2 because the moiré effect in the sea has been removed (see 2017-45 for state 1).

This map is published in William C. Wooldridge, "Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War" (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012), pp. 40-42, #35.ProvenanceBefore 1998, Richard B. Arkway (New York, NY); 1998, purchased by William C. Wooldridge (Norfolk, VA); 2009, purchased by the Virginia Cartographical Society (Norfolk, VA); 2017-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).