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Amstelodami, Ex Officina Henrici Hondii, 1630.
Copper engraving colored with watercolour. Taken from "Novus Atlas". It measures 50.5 x 38.5 cm plus margins. The paper is decorated with artistic cartouches. Latin text on the reverse. Rare first state. Reinforcement at the central fold, light browning.
Specialist Notes
Upon the death of Jodocus Hondius jr., in 1629, his wife sold many of her branches to Willem Blaeu. Angry that his brother's plates had been sold to his competitor, Henricus Hondius and his partner, Joannes Janssonius, hired several engravers to make, as quickly as possible, the lost plates. This map of Virginia was one of the first to be engraved and was included in the third part of the "Novus Atlas", published in 1630. Although it is similar in graphic layout to the Jodocus version, the table presents notable differences compared to it: The cartouches with the title and signature are different as are the typographical characters used in toponymy and notes; the toponyms are positioned in different places; the royal coat of arms with the motto and the cartouche have the place reversed, the hut of the Powatan Indian chief and the figure of the Sachatewann Indian are mirrored, the compass rose is positioned lower and finally the size of the plate cm. 49 x 38 (Hondius - Janssonius) cm. 48.1 x 37.5 (Blaeu). See “Virginia, Discovered and Discribed: John Smith’s Map of Virginia and Its Derivatives” pag. 7, Derivative 5 State 1.
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