The earliest obtainable state of Visscher’s important promotional map of the New Netherlands and New England, composed for the Dutch West India Company. Also sought after for its fine inset prospect of Manhattan, the earliest obtainable view of what became New York City. Background Dutch interest in the region began with the formation of the […]
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View DetailsAn iconic map of the New Netherlands, New England, Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland and Virginia. A superb example in fine original color on thick paper with wide margins. This is an interesting entrant in the “Jansson-Visscher” series of maps, many variants of which were issued over the course of more than a century. The […]
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View DetailsExceptionally desirable for its advanced geography and one of the earliest views of New Amsterdam. An example of the second and earliest obtainable state. Physical geography This map is one of the most important entries in the “Jansson-Visscher” series, which began with Joannes Jansson‘s 1651 Belgii Novi (Burden #305). In the mid-17th century this was […]
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View DetailsA superb example of Nicholas Visscher‘s Novi Belgii, an iconic map of the New Netherlands, New England, Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland and Virginia. This is one of the most important entrants in the “Jansson-Visscher” series of maps, many variants of which were issued over the course of more than a century. The sequence began with a Joannes Jansson map of […]
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