Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, Et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio

Date1657

Cartographer Nicolas Visscher (1618-1679)

After work by Jan Jansson 1588 - 1664

OriginEurope, Netherlands, Amsterdam

MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color

DimensionsTo neat lines: 17 3/8" X 20 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2017-63

DescriptionIn cartouche at lower left corner: "BELGII NOVI./ ANGLIAE NOVAE, ET PARTIS/ VIRGINAE./ Novissima Delineatio."Label TextThe layout, cartography, and nomenclature of this map became the standard for seventeenth-century maps of North America. At the time it was first published, the Mid-Atlantic and New England were depicted using the most up-to-date information available to the Dutch West Indies Company, whose trade routes spanned the coast. This map was reissued and updated by cartographers over the course of the next century.

This copy published in William C. Wooldridge, "Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War" (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012). #52, pp. 59-60.ProvenanceBefore 1996, Martayan Lan Augustyn (New York, NY); 1996, 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).