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Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn Walteri Raleigh

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Scope and Content Notes

From Map Card:

Scale of 25 leages (sic)

The first map of Virgiana was made in 1585 by John White who accompanied the 2nd Expedition sent out by Raleigh

Phillips Maps p.977

Tooleys Dictionary p. 86

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Title(s): 
Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn Walteri Raleigh; A Region of America, Now Called Virginia, Discovered for the First Time by the English at the Expense of Sir Walter Raleigh; Early map of the colony of Virginia
Creator(s): 
Theodor de Bry (Author)
Date: 
1585
Dimensions: 
Overall: Length: 13 1/16 inches, Width: 18 7/16 inches, Inside neatline: Length: 11 7/8 inches, Width: 16 7/16 inches
Classification: 
Maps and Atlases
Object Type: 
Atlas Map
Accession No: 
3975.226
Previous Number(s): 
Map 4; 79744; Map 4
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
Gilcrease Museum Map Collection
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