Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Seutter, Matthäus, 1678-1757
Title:
Recens edita totius Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali siti / delineatio cura et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri ; chalcographi Augustani.
Alternate Title(s):
Inset title: Neu Jorck sive Neu Amsterdam
Edition:
[1st state]
Published / Created:
[Ausburg] : [Matthaeus Seutter], [1730]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving, hand-colored ; 48 x 56 cm., on sheet 52 x 60 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2010 3h
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:2,330,000].
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.

Derived from the map Belgii Novi, by Joannes Janssonius, first published in 1651.

Scale: Milliaria Germanica communia.

First state with "chalcographi Augustani" in the cartouche; also part of the elaborate cartouche depicts tributes being presented to an English monarch, likely George II.

For the first time, boundaries of Massachusetts, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are marked by printed lines.

A map in the Van der Donck-Jansson-Visscher series of maps of the middle colonies.

Inset view: Neu Jorck sive Neu Amsterdam, [ca. 1673-1674].

The inset includes the Restitutio view of New York, so called to celebrate the restitution of Dutch power in New York in 1673.

Includes index for inset.

Shows place names, lands associated with various Native American tribes, and illustrations, including various wildlife.

Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America, K22

Campbell. New light on the Jansson-Visscher maps of New England, no. 24, plate XVIII

McCorkle, B.B. New England in early printed maps, 1513 to 1800, 730.5

BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Northeastern States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | New England -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | New York (N.Y.) -- Aerial views -- Early works to 1800. | Indians of North America -- Northeastern States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Indians of North America. | New England. | New York (State) -- New York. | Northeastern States.
Form/Genre:
Aerial views. | Early works. | Maps -- Middle Atlantic States -- 1730. | Maps. | Maps.
Contributors:
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664.