Landmark New England with Early New York View

Visscher, 1655 (c1680)
Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata. 18.5 x 22 inches. Excellent condition, excellent full original color. Some browning to upper part, exaggerated in image, and a few spots of foxing in the ocean. State IV according to Campbell, but this might actually be state III, as question has been raised as to whether Campbell state III exists. $16,000.

This is the first map containing the famous inset view of New Amsterdam, the third known engraved view of New York. Manhattan is correctly shown as an island and has its settlement at the southern end clearly marked. This foundation work was created when Dutch aspirations to retain their New Netherland colony were still realistic. As such its advanced geography, based on a the 1651 map of Jansson, was of paramount importance to the colony, which needed to make plainly known its vulnerability to English attack. British settlements and Indian villages are recorded, and vignettes illustrate fauna and Indian fortifications.