COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
9774
File Name:
9774-1
Call number:
Cabinet Cb67 SeJ
Map title:
A Mapp of New England
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
John Seller ... and by Iohn Hills ...
Publication date:
[1676]
Map size height:
43.6 cm.
Map size width:
54.9 cm.
Item description:
engraving, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Map of southern New England from Casco Bay in present-day Maine to Long Island. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, location of rivers, native American tribes, settlements, and sea banks or shoals (with soundings), and compass rose. Decorative elements include animals such as turkey, beavers, bears, birds, rabbits, deer or stag, sea monster, scene of warfare with native Americans, ship, royal coat of arms of England, coat of arms of Thomson [?] family (the map is dedicated to Robert Thomson), native American village showing fortifications and dwellings. Decorative cartouche is flanked by two native Americans, one of whom carries a bow.
References:
McCorkle, B.B. New England in Early Printed Maps, 676.5
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical notes:
This map, with images taken from Theodor de Bry's Grands voyages, is the first large map of New England. It includes a detail of native Americans fighting Europeans in King Philip's War.
Normalized date:
1676
Creator:
Seller, John
A Mapp of New England
