Books and Manuscripts

Homann, Joh(ann). Bapt(ist).
Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum industria…
Nuremberg, (ca. 1715). Engraved map with hand-coloring, 20 1/2 x 24 5/8 in. (521 x 625 mm). First state (without “Cum Privilegio Sac. Cas. Magest” in bottom of cartouche). Old fold along center, expert repairs at top and bottom edge of same; scattered small repairs along edges; numbered ink stamp and contemporary manuscript number in top right corner. Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps 156; Morrison, On the Map 27; Degrees of Latitude 17

A handsome copy of this highly decorative and historically important map of Virginia, and most of the East Coast, by eminent German cartographer Johann Baptist Homann. Published to promote German settlement in America.