BLAEU, Willem and Johannes.

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.

Stock Code 107251

Amsterdam, n.d. [c. 1650].

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Engraved map of the east cost of North America unusually oriented to the south, showing the area from Chesapeake Bay in Virginia to Penscabot Bay in New France, the title and scale within fine allegorical cartouches, decorated with images of Native American villages, Native Americans in their canoes, European ships, wild animals, lakes and forests. It is one of the earliest maps to name New York ('Nieu Amsterdam').

Hand-coloured double-page engraved map, centre fold as issued, with cartouches for the title and scale, Latin text on verso; sheet size: 49 x 56 cm.

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