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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Map.0005
Title
Virginiæ partis australis, et Floridæ partis orientalis, interjacentiumque regionum Nova Descriptio, c. 1662
Quantity
0.1 Cubic Feet, 20 x 23 in.
Creator
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Language
Latin
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Abstract
Map is likely illustrated by Joan Blaeu, though no name appears on the map itself. Contains two compass roses, three sailing
ships, two cherubs holding a banner containing the map's scale, and illustrations of native peoples. On reverse, Latin text
from unidentified book, from which the map was removed.