Map 8: Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio
Jan Jansson (1588-1664) Holland, 1651 Engraving. 45 x 53 cm. About this Map This may be the most important map of northeast America produced during the second half of the 1600s… [ more ]  Main Map
About this Map This may be the most important map of northeast America produced during the second half of the 1600s, for it was copied almost exactly on at least twenty-seven later maps published in Holland, England, and Germany, and it formed the beginning of the famous Jansson-Visscher series. Jan Jansson was born in Arnhem, Holland, the son of a publisher and mapmaker. He became a partner with his brother-in-law Henricus Hondius and, along with the rival mapmaking firm of Blaeu, continued Dutch domination of mapmaking in the 1600s. This map is the first to name "Roode Eylant" (Rhode Island) and one of the early maps to name Massachusetts. Boston, however, is shown on the north side of the Charles River and named "Briston." Inland, Jansson illustrates Native American villages and various native animals.
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