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  • LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 281.

  • Cornelis van Wytfliet

    Published by c. 1597, Louvain, Belgium, 1597

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    Condition: Very Good; Important early map of Chili, locating many towns along the Chilean coast, details rivers and mountains. Adorned with a strapwork cartouche in a stipple engraved sea. A handsome sheet with some scroll lettering. , Size : 230x285 (mm), 9.06x11.22 (Inches), Hand Colored.

  • Seller image for Norumbega et Virginia; 1597 Important first state map of the East Coast of North America for sale by Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB

    VAN WYTFLIET, Cornelis

    Published by Cornelis van Wytfliet, Louvain, 1597

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    Map. Copper-plate engraving. Image measures 11.25" x 9.25". This important 1597 map is from the first atlas of the New World by Cornelis van Wytfliet. Sold as is, the map is missing 1/4 inch of the center margin with text loss. Overall and some wear abrasion to border in between 42 and 43 degrees on the center left margin.The atlas contains some of the first printed maps of the New World as well as a history of the voyages of Columbus, Pizarro, Verrazano and other explorers. This map depicts the East Coast of the North America from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the Canada. The map is only the second map to use 'Virginia' as part of its title and was the most accurate map of the region until Joannes de Laet published his 1630 map 'Nova Anglia, Novvm Belgivm Et Virginia'. At the time, the name 'Virginia' referred to the entire Mid-Atlantic region. The map shows the early knowledge of the region (or lack thereof) just prior to the English voyages of discovery and settlement. Long Island and Cape Cod, two of the most prominent geographical features of the region are missing from the map, so is Hudson River. Because of the notoriously perilous waters around New England and Cape Cod and the Carolina Outer Banks, the regions between Nova Scotia and Virginia were usually avoided and hence poorly mapped. Other anomalies follow some inaccuracies from earlier maps, resulting in the entire coastline pushed northward by about 5 degrees. Chesapeake Bay appears too far north of its actual position, near present day southern Maine. What could be Cape Hatteras appears here as C. de las arenas also placed further north. The most fascinating highlight of the map is the name Norumbega which appears on the map. This name appeared on several maps as the name for Northeastern America until John Smith's 1614 map noted the territory as New England. The mythical city at the head of the Penobscot Bay, believed to be an American Indian fur trading city, also named Norumbega is identified. Several legends about the city of Norumbega have been recorded. Some accounts suggest the existence of the French trading fort at the site, while others state that it was a place of great wealth. Some accounts also claim that the name was derived from 'Norvegr' suggesting that it was a Viking city, hence linking it to early Viking settlements in North America. Regardless of the truth, this map is a exceptional example of the early mapping of the region. This is the first state of the map, identified by the left side latitudinal mark reading 30 instead of 39 and, and dated 1597. A beautifully engraved compass rose adorns the map. Cornelius Wytfliet (1555--1597) was a Belgian cartographer who dedicated his work to Philip III of Spain. His 'Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum', where this map is from, provided a systematic description of the the Americas. He used the writings of both historians and contemporary geographers to render the geography natural history, and European discovery of the Americas. This map is a fine example of his work. Burden 103 State 1. This map in its first state is fundamental in the history of the mapping of the East Coast of North America.