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Attractive Edition of Captain John Smith’s Virginia Map
Virginia/ Maryland.
OGILBY, J./ MONTANUS, A. [Amsterdam, 1671]
(Terrae- Mariae) Nova (et) Virginiae Tabula.
11 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches.
Fine hand color; old manuscript additions to title, excellent condition.
Attractively colored example of this edition of Capt. John Smith’s landmark map, based on the first survey of the Chesapeake Bay. Curiously, the map is illustrated with images of a llama, goat, and unicorn, which were evidently considered by Europeans to be native to Virginia. In early ink, Maryland (“Terre-Mariae”) was added to the title. Although the map itself is based on the Blaeu-Hondius engraving of the Smith map, all three cartouches on Ogilby-Montanus were newly added.
Tooley, America, Derivative 8, pp. 168-69; Stephenson & McKee, Map I-6, pp. 30-1. |
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