Virginia. Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) Nova Virginiae Tabula.

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Virginia. Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) Nova Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam: Hondius, [c. 1633]. Double page folio copper-plate engraved map with hand-coloring, framed, 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
"The first and most important derivative of John Smith's map of Virginia, originally published in 1612." (Quoted from Philip D. Burden's The Mapping of North America, Rickmansworth: Raleigh Publications, 1996-2007).
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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