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Summary
Covers New England and Middle Atlantic region southward to Hampton Roads.
Shows colony names, colonial town names, and names of Amerindian tribes.
Relief shown pictorially.
Meridians numbered 297 to 312 from west to east.
Differs from other issue in having different areas indicated by hand coloring.
Stokes, Iconography, p. 147 (vol. 1) [lists dates as 1651-55].
Map collectors circle, #24.
Phillips, 465.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Includes view of "Nieuw Amsterdam op t'eylant Manhattans", ill. of Amerindian figures in cartouche, ill. of Amerindian settlements (stockades) and animals in map area, and coat-of-arms.
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In the 17th century, maps took a huge leap forward. Mathematical and astronomical knowledge necessary to make accurate measurements had evolved. English mathematicians had perfected triangulation: navigation and surveying by right-angled triangles. Triangulation allowed navigators to set accurate courses and produced accurate land surveys. Seamen learned to correct their compasses for declination and had determined the existence of annual compass variation. Latitude determination was greatly improved with the John Davis quadrant. The measurement of distance sailed at sea was improved by another English invention, the common log. Longitudinal distance between Europe and Québec was determined by solar and lunar eclipses by the Jesuit Bressani in the 1640s and by Jean Deshayes in 1686. With accurate surveys in Europe, the grid of the modern map began to take shape.
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