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D2007-CMD-0274
VIRGINIA
D2007-CMD-0274

VIRGINIA

Date1627
Publisher
After work by
OriginEurope, Germany, Frankfurt
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color on laid paper
DimensionsOH: 13 7/8" x OW: 16"; Plate H: 11 3/8" x W: 14 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1986-200
DescriptionThis is a derivative of Captain John Smith's map of Virginia - Derivative 3.

The top center reads: "VIRGINIA"

The scale reads: "Meylen und halbe Meylen"

The bottom center reads: "Esforshet und beschriben durch Capitain Johan Schmidt."

In the upper left is an inset view of Powhatan and his warriers. The title, VIRGINIA, is in the upper center. The Susquehanna Indian is in the upper right. A compass rose is in the lower left. The scale of distances is in the lower center.
ProvenanceBefore 1986, Paul Roberts Stoney (Williamsburg, VA); 1986-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
Not for publication
NOVA VIRGINIAE TABULA
Jodocus Hondius II
1618
Direct scan of object
De magna clade, quam Angli anno 1622.22. Martij in virginia acceperunt. ["The massacre of the settlers"]
Matthaus Merian (1593-1650)
1634
Not for publication
A MAP OF/ VIRGINIA/ AND/ MARYLAND
John Speed (1552-1629)
1676
Direct scan of object
"Pocahontas Saving Captain John Smith" (no title)
Matthaus Merian (1593-1650)
1634
D2006-CMD-432
CARTE des EXPEDITIONS par MER des ANGLOIS contre les francois dans leurs Colonies des Indes/ orientales et occidentales Suivant les Relations les plus autentiques des anglois et francois et selon les meilleures/ Cartes, enriche d'observations Astronomique
Christian Frederic von der Heyden
1760
1972-37, Map
NEW ENGLAND
Captain John Smith (1580-1631)
1624; originally published in 1616
D2006-CMD-431
CARTE des ENTRP: ANGLO.ISES: par MER sur les Cotes de France aussi dans les Colonies Francoises/ en AFRIQUE et en AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE tirees des mellieures Relations et Aus/ speciels et Suivant les meilleures Cartes Geographiques et Topographiques,
Christian Frederic von der Heyden
1759
Book 2017-224
Americanische Urquelle derer innerlichen Kriege des verdrangten Deutschlands nach denen wharhaften Umstanden und mit der genauesten Umparthenlichkeit nebst allen sur Erlauterung einschlagenden Nachricten des Verhaltnusses der English und Fransosischen Handlung historisch verfasset durch C.F.v.d. H[eiden]
Anonymous
1760
Map 2017-99
C. Virginia und Maryland
Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724)
1737
Map 2017-284
A Map of Virginia formed from actual surveys, and the latest as well as the most accurate observations
Bishop James Madison (1749-1812)
1807
2017-238, Map
To His Excellency Gen.l Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. This Plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed and laid down, and is Most humbly dedicated by his Excellency's Obedient and very humble Servant
Sebastian Bauman
1782
TC2001-0064
A New and Exact MAP of the DOMINIONS/ of the KING of GREAT BRITAIN/ on y.e Continent of NORTH AMERICA.
Herman Moll (1654?-1732)
After 1735; originally published 1715