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Date
1590
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Frankfort: Theodore de Bry
Abstract
1 map 31 x 42 cm., Scale: ca 1:1,700,000.
Description
Description from Mapping Maryland: "John White's map, although it portrays a minute portion of Maryland, is significant for the many firsts it contributed to the mapping of the region. The name "Chesapeake Bay" (Chesepiooc Sinus) makes its initial appearance. White's map also served as a prototype for several successive area maps until the early seventeenth century."
Description from "Maryland from the Willard Hackerman Map Collection", George Peabody Library Exhibit Oct. 9, 2018 - March 16, 2019: This map was engraved by Theodore de Bry. It is based on the unique watercolor map by John White, who accompanied Walter Raleigh's expedition to the region in 1584. This is the first map to name the Chesapeake Bay (Chesepiooc Sinus) under the cartouche. The orientation of the compass rose, with the viewer making landfall from the east (Oriens), would be repeated through the eighteenth century. The large sea monster is not in the original watercolor, but here reminds the viewer of the perils overcome by English ships finally making safe harbor.
Description from "Maryland from the Willard Hackerman Map Collection", George Peabody Library Exhibit Oct. 9, 2018 - March 16, 2019: "This map was engraved by Theodore de Bry. It is based on the unique watercolor map by John White, who accompanied Walter Raleigh's expedition to the region in 1584. This is the first map to name the Chesapeake Bay (Chesepiooc Sinus) under the cartouche. The orientation of the compass rose, with the viewer making landfall from the east (Oriens), would be repeated through the eighteenth century. The large sea monster is not in the original watercolor, but here reminds the viewer of the perils overcome by English ships finally making safe harbor."
Description from "Maryland from the Willard Hackerman Map Collection", George Peabody Library Exhibit Oct. 9, 2018 - March 16, 2019: "This map was engraved by Theodore de Bry. It is based on the unique watercolor map by John White, who accompanied Walter Raleigh's expedition to the region in 1584. This is the first map to name the Chesapeake Bay (Chesepiooc Sinus) under the cartouche. The orientation of the compass rose, with the viewer making landfall from the east (Oriens), would be repeated through the eighteenth century. The large sea monster is not in the original watercolor, but here reminds the viewer of the perils overcome by English ships finally making safe harbor."
Keywords
Chesapeake Bay -- Maps, Virginia--Maps, Maryland--Maps