Pas Kaart / van de / Zee Kusten van / Virginia / Tusschen / C Henry en T'Hooge Land van Renselaars Hoek / Door Vooght Geometra, 1684

Item

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This is a collection of 48 maps and related images, the gift of Henry and Kaye Spalding, Jr., Class of 1960. The maps focus on the Chespeake Bay, the body of water that enabled the settlement and development of the state of Virginia. They depict the area between the years of 1590 and 1860, and are drawn by European mapmakers and, as evidenced in later works, those residing in the United States of America.

Dates

1684

Creator

Vooght, Claes Janszoon (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use upon request.

Extent

From the Collection: 90.8 Megabytes (59 total images. Resized digital scans of the Spalding Collection maps are available through the Hampden-Sydney Archives & Special Collections' Digital Repository.)

From the Collection: 48 Sheets (The original maps in the Henry and Kaye Spalding Collection are framed and displayed throughout the fourth floor of Bortz Library.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Romance languages

From the Collection: Germanic languages

Additional Description

Physical Description

Amsterdam; This finely drawn chart of the Chesapeake Bay appeared as chart 19 in De Nieuwe Groote Lightende Zee-Farkel, Part 4, produced by Johannis van Keuler (1654-1715). First issued in 1684 and reprinted continuously until 1783, this volume covered the same geographical area that Arent Roggeveen had included in his 1675 pilot book, Het Brandende Venn (The Burning Fen), as well as the West Indies and eastern parts of North America. The eventual six volumes of the atlas covered virtually all the known coastal areas in the world. Claas Jansz Vooght was a land surveyor who authored volumes one through five of the series. Active from 1678 to 1885, the Van Keulen firm was the largest unofficial hydrographic office in the world during its early period. Oriented with north to the right, the map is based on the 1673 Augustine Herrman map of Virginia and Maryland. It also appeared in French and Spanish editions. --From This New Founde Lande: The Henry & Kaye Spalding Map Collection at Hampden-Sydney College, 2008.