The Eastern Seaboard in fine colour

VISSCHER, Nicolas Jansz.

Nova Tabula Geographica complectens Borealiorem Americae Partem; in qua exacte delineatae sunt Canada sive Nova Francia, Nova Scotia, Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium, Pensylvania, Virginia, Carolina et Terra Nova...
Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk II, c.1730. Original colour. 600 x 480mm.

Repairs to verdigris at centre fold.

Map of eastern North America, showing the Eastern Seaboard from Cape Fear to the Bay of Fundy. Engraved by Luggert van Anse and originally published by Visscher c.1700, the interior is almost entirely conjectural, with the southern part of Hudson Bay, and lakes Ontario, Huron and Erie unrecognisable.


Stock ID : 22707