Attractive Edition of Captain John Smith’s Map of Virginia

OBILBY, J./ MONTANUS, A. [Amsterdam, 1671]

Virginia/ Maryland. OGILBY, J./ MONTANUS, A.  [Amsterdam: 1671]  [Terrae- Mariae] Nova [et] Virginiae Tabula.  11 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches.  Fine hand color; old manuscript additions to title; lightly age-toned, else excellent condition.                                                                                                                $1250

 Attractively colored edition of Capt. John Smith’s landmark map that was based on the first survey of the Chesapeake Bay.  Curiously, the map is illustrated with images of a llama, goat, and unicorn, which were evidently considered by Europeans to be native to Virginia. In early ink, Maryland (“Terre-Mariae”) was added to the title.  Although the map itself is based on the Blaeu-Hondius engraving of the Smith map, all three cartouches on Ogilby-Montanus were new.

Tooley, America, Derivative 8, pp. 168-69; Stephenson & McKee, Map I-6, pp. 30-1.

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