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Jul 18, 2024 · Virginia was published in the 3rd edition of Janssonius’s Atlas Minor, and replaced the derivative of Smith’s map published in the first edition. This map is slightly larger than the one produced in the first edition and the title is located in the top left corner.
- Becky Schneider
- 2021
Smith's map was the most accurate and detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coastline produced in Europe until 1673. It was the source for virtually all printed maps of Virginia for more than sixty years and is considered to be one of the most significant maps of colonial America.
Jul 18, 2024 · Smith’s Virginia was the most accurate and detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coastline produced in Europe until 1673. It was the basic source for virtually all printed maps of Virginia for more than sixty years and is considered to be one of the most significant maps of colonial America ever published.
- Becky Schneider
- 2021
Aug 26, 2024 · Because of its accuracy and detail, Europe’s best engravers and map publishers copied the geography and orientation of Smith’s map in their own printed maps of Virginia. Nine of these derivatives were published, beginning in 1618 and continuing throughout the seventeenth century.
Smith's map of Virginia was the first published to define the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia's Tidewater region. Its geographical features are overpowered by its illustrative features.
The Map Collection Index covers a core collection of about 5,000 maps. The core collection consists of manuscript and printed maps and photocopies of general historical maps and special groups of maps such as Board of Public Works maps, Civil War maps, and Chesapeake and Ohio Company railroad maps.
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His map of “Virginia” – which also depicts what is today Washington D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware – was published in 1612. It remained in active use for seven decades by Europeans looking to explore, build settlements, and trade in the region.
