Description:
North American Coast, Nova Scotia to Virginia. Johannes Janssonius Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia. Amsterdam: Jansson, [c. 1636].
Double folio leaf, with typographical text on the verso in Dutch, hand-colored copper-plate engraved map, depicting the eastern seaboard, and some inland features, including one of the Great Lakes, several important rivers, and the thin scrim that represents the explored portion of the North American continent, matted, in a double-glazed frame, 20 1/4 x 16 in. sight.
Estimate $400-600
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