1676 John Speed and Francis Lamb Map Of New England and New York Authentic

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1676 John Speed and Francis Lamb Map Of New England and New York Authentic:
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A Map Of New England And New York

This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northEastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from New York, the map displays geographical features similar to those found on its Dutch counterparts. However, the place names New Netherlands and New Amsterdam have been rechristened New York reflecting British control of the former Dutch colony. This map appeared in Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell\'s 1676 edition of John Speed\'s world atlas, first published in 1627.Speed\'s map is one of the earliest maps to illustrate dramatic shift from Dutch to English dominance in the Northeast in the latter part of the 17th Century and one of the earliest to use the term New York for both Manhattan (formerly New Amsterdam) and New York State, as well as one of the earliest appearances of New Iarsey (Jersey).

 As noted by Michael Buehler, Speed\'s map shares the traits of many other regional maps of the period: a haphazard depiction of the St. Lawrence, no sign of Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain offset far to the East of its actual location, Cape Cod at essentially the same latitude as New York City, and the Delaware River curving eastward to connect with the Hudson. Many of these errors can be traced far back to early 17th-century prototype maps by Samuel Champlain, Adrien Block and others.  One of only a small group of English maps of New England, prior to 1700. Based on Jansson\'s map of 1651, it illustrates the territories acquired by the British with the capture of New Amsterdam in 1664, which radically adjusted the landscape North American politics. While the map\'s geographical features are largely drawn from Jansson, the map\'s nomenclature is substantially anglicized, including the first appearance of name Boston (ommitted from the Jansson maps) and the use of the names New York and Cape Cod. The map is richly embellished with various animals in the interiior of the map, two compass roses, two cartouches and a coat of arms. Engraved by Francis Lamb after Speed\'s death, the map appeared in the 1676 edition of Speed\'s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, bearing the imprint of Bassett & Chiswell. 

Very Good condition for it\'s age. Center crease shows wear and small tear at top shown but doesn\'t effect map. Colors very vibrant. Back of the map can easily be read. Beautiful old piece of history! Professionaly framed sealed with treated glass to protect the quality of this wonderful map.

A fine example of the esteemed 1676 map of New England issued in the Basset and Chiswell edition of John Speed\'s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World. Following in the Jansson-Visscher model, this map covers from the coast of Maine in the vicinity of Penobscot to the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. This, we might add, is marked departure from the model which typically also includes Virginia. The cartographer does the intentionally, having introduced another map which specifically details Virginia.

Speed\'s map is the only English map from the primarily Dutch Jansson-Visscher Series, and while it shares many of the other qualities of the series - absence of Lake Ontario, weak illustration of the St. Lawrence, Lake Champlain offset to the east, and Cape Cod level with Manhattan - it more importantly marks a dramatic shift in the political landscape of the region from Dutch to British hegemony following the 1665 English conquest of New York City. The text throughout has been updated and Anglicized. Terms like \'Nieu Nederlandt,\' \'Novi Belgii,\' and \'Nieu Amsterdam\' have been replaced with \'New York\' and \'New Amsterdam.\' Boston, which is often omitted from the Dutch series, has here been introduced. Other newly introduced British toponymy, such as New Iarsey (after the Isle of Jersey), have also been integrated. Dutch terminology throughout has furthermore been translated into English, with, for example, \'Iland\' replacing \'Eyland\' and \'South Sea\' replacing \'Zuyder Zee.\'

Although commonly referred to as the \'Speed Map of New England\' for its publication in the Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, this map was not drawn by Speed at all. In fact, John Speed had been dead for some 47 years before it was issued. After Speed\'s death his map plates fell into the hands of Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. Bassett and Chiswell employed Francis Lamb and others to engrave seven additional maps, three dealing with North America, to expand the Speedian Prospect. This is one of those three.

The map is richly engraved and embellished in the Dutch style with various \'American\' fauna frolicking in the hinterlands. These include a deer or elk, a catamount, several beavers (important given the primacy of the regional fur trade in the mid-17th century), cranes, and foxes. Topography is presented in profile and often speculative. Two elaborate title cartouches appear in the lower right quadrant illustrating the map\'s scale, bearing the title, and the Bassett and Chiswell imprint. Francis Lamb\'s imprint appears between the two cartouches.

This map was engraved by Francis Lamb for Bassett and Chiswell and while sold separately as early as 1675, but appeared in only one edition of the atlas, 1676. There is only one edition of this map and most, like our example, have English text on the verso describing New England. Other variants without text on the back lead Burden to speculate that there may have been a later printing between 1686 and 1688 under Robert Walton or Christopher Browne.

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