Jansson's Influential Map of the East Coast, "Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova", Jansson, Jan

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States
Period: 1647 (published)
Publication: Atlas Novus
Color: Hand Color
Size: 15.2 x 19.8

Jansson's influential map of the eastern coast of North America was first issued in 1636 with a less decorative title cartouche. It is derived from the less well-known 1630 map of Johannes de Laet, which is generally regarded as the source map for New England and the Northeast. It includes several very early depictions of colonial settlement including Manhattan and the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, the Nordt Rivier (Hudson) and Zuydt Rivier (Delaware), along with Massachusetts and the English colony at Plymouth. The map includes part of the Great Lakes labeled Grand Lac and Lac des Yroquois, an unnamed Lake Champlain, and a fictitious lake at the headwaters of the Delaware River. In the second state, the title was shortened, giving greater prominence to the Dutch colonies, and wildlife was added throughout the interior. It is beautifully adorned with cartouches, ships, sea monsters, and compass roses. Latin text on verso. See also lot 824 for Philip Burden's reference book, The Mapping of North America, and lot 809 for Cumming's The Southeast in Early Maps.

References: Burden #247; Cumming (SE) #43; McCorkle #636.2; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #9310:1A.2.
Condition: B
Full contemporary color that has been partially refreshed, with toning and soiling. This map will ship flat.