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Description:

This Dutch map, made about 1655, shows eastern North America from what is now Canada to Virginia. Illustrations within the map include bears, beaver, deer, foxes, turkeys, and rabbits, as well as Indian villages on land, and Indians in boats at sea. The lower right corner of the map contains an inset of Nieuw Amsterdam, the third known engraved view of that city which is now New York. The view is framed by a decorative cartouche with fruits and a crest and flanked by Indian figures on either side. This is the second version or state of this map, and number 5 of a series identified by historians as the Jansson-Visscher maps. Fort Kasimier has been added on the Delaware River to recognize the Dutch capture of the fort in 1655.

Many maps of the Americas were produced during the period of exploration and colonial settlement in the 17th century. The period between 1630 and 1700 is known as the golden age of Dutch cartography, as the Netherlands was a center for map publishing as well as for the country's maritime enterprise that depended on maps and charts.

The Museum's map collection includes a number of important examples received as a gift from Mabel Brady Garvan, who, with her husband Francis P. Garvan, built an important collection of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts that is now at the Yale University Art Gallery.

Date Made: ca 1666ca 1655

Maker: Visscher, Nicolaes Jansz

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Netherlands

Subject: Exploration and DiscoveryBearsRabbitsTurkeysWild AnimalsMapsIndians

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Art, Measuring & Mapping

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Related Publication: The Mapping of America

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.24319Accession Number: 251493Catalog Number: 24319

Object Name: printmapObject Type: Engraving

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 19 3/4 in x 23 in; 50.165 cm x 58.42 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f01a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1029406

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