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JoseR
1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 55 cm. - Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privil. ordin. general. Belgii Foederati." Fourth state, according to Burden. Appears in author's Atlas minor sive geographia compendiosa. Includes decorative cartouche and inset view:…
Tags: animals, bear, Belgian lion, buildings, cartouche, colony, color, deer, depth, dutch, fauna, fortifications, forts, fur trade, green, hand colored, hatching, hills, hudson river valley, latin, line weights, manhattan, mountains, native americans, new amsterdam, new england, perspective, perspective lines, rabbits, red, resources, rivers, settlements, shading, text, trees, tribe names, turkey, waterfront, yellow
LucieR
I think a remarkable characteristic of this map is the fact that it contains certain elements that are portrayed in perspective (i.e. not 'flat', like the rest of the map). There seems to be a 'sample' of an Indian village on the far left side of the…
LucieR
I chose to incorporate only the capitalized text in this layer for two reasons: (1) It seems to me that choice of the font/size of the textual references bears some implications about how important certain features were to the map-makers (the more…
Tags: dutch, latin, territorial claims, toponyms, tribe names
LucieR
This layer contains the contours of the land that is pictured on the map. Naturally, those contours delineate the water spaces on the map as well. This layer is important because I think it is the base layer for the rest of the features of the map.…
Tags: Colonization, lakes, Land, rivers, sea, the New World
GregoryP
This layer has all the markers of land features such as capes, forests, and hills. This layer includes both literal markers such as "Cape Cod" but also decorative features such as animals on the map. It is unclear how literal some of the natural…
GregoryP
Here is just the divide between land and water in New England. This includes the Atlantic Ocean, various rivers, and all the other bodies of water that the map creator includes.