America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings [map] / discribed and inlarged by I.S., ano 1626 ; Abraham Goos Amstelodamensis sculpsit.

Author
Speed, John, 1552?-1629 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London] : Are to be sold in Pops-head Alley against the Exchange by G. Humble, [1626 or 1627]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:46,000,000]. (W 178°00ʹ00ʺ--W 2°00ʹ00ʺ/N 70°00ʹ00ʺ--S 60°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 44 cm.

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Notes
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Matches item 2, dated 1626-7, in Tooley's California as an island (Map collector's circle, no. 8); Boston and Long Island not marked, [p.] 9-10 on verso.
  • From: A prospect of the most famous parts of the world ... London, 1627.
  • Includes text, inset of Greenland, col. ill. of native figures and town views in margins.
  • Text of "The description of America" on verso.
References
  • Wagner, H.R. Cartog. of the NW coast, 301b
  • Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America 217, state 1
OCLC
54621906
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