Lot 125: A highly detailed map of New England after the Jansson-Visscher series

[MAP-NORTH AMERICA]

[MONTANUS, ARNOLDUS]. Novi Belgii Quod nune Novi Jorck vocatur, Novae Angliae & Partis Virginiae Accuratissma et Novissima Delineato. [Amsterdam: circa 1671]. Hand-colored engraved map. 11 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (29 x 37 cm). Some marginal toning, a few spots in image.

A highly detailed map after the Jansson-Visscher series depicting virtually every settlement along the major rivers and inlets. The map is the first in the series to adopt the new nomenclature of the 1667 Treaty of Breda in which the Dutch officially surrendered New Netherland and names Nova Albania (Albany), Nieu-Jarsey (New Jersey), Nieu Jorck (New York), and Iamaica (Jamaica). While Manhattan is quite small, its large fort is depicted as almost half the island.