Map of Virginia

Call no. Map F221 1644:1

Captain John Smith's map of Virginia was first published in 1612 and later appeared in his Generall Historie of Virginia in 1624. A number of European cartographers drew heavily from Smith's work to create their own maps, such as this 1644 version by Dutch map-maker Willem Blaeu. Jamestown and several capes are the only place names that appear in English. Large letters spelling Powhatan show the extent of his dominions.

Image rights owned by the Virginia Historical Society. Rights and reproductions