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Visscher, Nicholas, fl. 1682 Novi Belgi Novaeque Angliae [New Netherland and New England]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03582 Author/Creator: Visscher, Nicholas, fl. 1682 Place Written: Amsterdam, Netherlands Type: Map Date: 1682 Pagination: 1 map ; 49.7 x 58.8 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Download PDF

This map marks the culmination of Dutch surveys of their possessions in what became New York and New Jersey. Cartouche includes panorama of New York City (New Amsterdam). Engraved map, handcolored. See R. V. Tooley, The Mapping of America, p. 285 no. 6.

Visscher, Nicholas, fl. 1682

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