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Title
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde - both people and manner of buildings Discribed and inlarged by I. S. Ano. 1626
Creator
Speed, John, 1552?-1629, creator
Speed, John, 1552-1629, cartographer
Goos, Abraham, c.1590-1643, engraver
Date Created and/or Issued
1676
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Kashnor notes, "A later issue of this map locating Boston, New Plymouth, Connecticut and Maryland. A good map is given of the Coast of California north to Cape Blanco, and it locates Port Sir Francis Drake." McLaughlin identifies this as a third state map, printed in 1676. Cartouche: Winged decorative. Submap: The Northernly part of America. Vignettes: [top] City views - Havana, S. Domingo, Cartegena, Mexico, Cusco, Il. of Moca in Chili, R. Janerio, Olinda. Figures: [left side] Groenlandian, Virginian, K. of Florida, Wo[man] of Mexico, K. of neiue England. [right side] Peruviane, Brasiliane, Brasiliane fem[a]le, A Mochan, Magellanican. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Watermark: Device lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 3; LC 442 & 448; Wagner 301b; Wheat 39.. Verso Text: The Description of America, pages 9, 10.
Extent
1 map ; 40 x 52 cm., sheet 42 x 55 cm.
Identifier
3336
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10411
Language
English
Time Period
1626
Place
World
Western Hemisphere
W 180°
W 0°/N 70°
S 55°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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