19th Century Copy of Novi Belgii novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae Tabula., c. 1684. New England - Virginia by Nicolaes Visscher II, with view of New York. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER MAP LISTINGS.

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Measurements: 15 1/2”H x 18 3/8”W.

Condition: Amazing condition considering its age of the 1800’s. (not a vintage print). Please Examine Photos Carefully for condition.

COPY of a striking example of Visscher's important map of the Northeast, with a large inset view of New York City.

This is the second state of the map, with Fort Kasimer but without Philadelphia.

This is the first map containing the famous inset view of New Amsterdam, the third known engraved view of New York. Manhattan is correctly shown as an island and has its settlement at the southern end clearly marked. The publication of the map was motivated by the recent establishment of a Dutch Colony in the New World and Dutch aspirations to retain their New Netherland colony. As such its advanced geography, based on the 1651 map of Jansson, was of paramount importance to the colony, which needed to make plainly known its vulnerability to English attack. British settlements and Indian villages are recorded, and vignettes illustrate fauna and Indian fortifications.

Visscher's map of the Northeast is among the sought after regional maps. In 1655, Visscher utilized Jansson's map, with its vignettes of animals and Indian life, and added this now-famous view of New Amsterdam, showing the Battery and Dutch buildings on the waterfront. An extensive study of the map by Stokes suggests that the view was drawn sometime between 1653 and 1655, prior to the construction of New York's wall. The first edition of the map (1655-56) is extremely rare and known in only a handful of copies, one of which was used to illustrate the boundary dispute between William Penn and Lord Baltimore.

The map is also of great importance as the only reasonably obtainable example of the map during the first Dutch Colonization of the region, prior to their defeat by the English.

The first edition (circa 1655) is extremely rare, pre-dating the inclusion of Fort Kasimer on the Delaware River. The second edition (circa 1656) includes Fort Kasimer. The third edition was issued in 1684 and shows Philadelphia for the first time. The fourth edition, with the added privilege language to the right of the New York view, was also issued in 1684. The fifth edition bears the imprint of Petr Schenk Iun (circa 1729).

"Although the map itself is largely derived from that of Joannes Janssonius, 1651, it is of extreme importance for introducing a view of New Amsterdam in the lower right. This is probably the second published view of the city, the first being that of Joost Hartgers in 1651. It is possible that the previously unrecorded view affixed to the Jan Mathisz, c.1655, also pre-dates this. The authorship of the Visscher view is not known, some authorities claim that it was Augustine Herrman, although Stokes refutes this. The extensive study of the view in Stokes suggests a probable date for the original of between autumn, 1652, and summer, 1653. If correctly identified the building far left was not constructed until after 30 April 1652. It could not have been drawn after the 'wall' was built in 1653. This was an important feature at the time in the security of the town. Therefore the printed map could have appeared as early as the end of 1653, but no later than 1655.

In 1679 Visscher died leaving his son, Nicolaas Visscher II, to continue the business. Late in 1683 Thomas Holme's grid plan of the town of Philadelphia was published. The following year a Dutch edition appeared by Jacob Claus. It was most probably following this that Visscher placed Philadelphia on the map in grid form. A privilege was added to the plate for the fourth state, which can be dated from as early as 1684 (Phillips 3449) to as late as 1696 (National Maritime Museum). States 2 to 4 are found in the various Visscher family atlases. The second state can be found inserted into examples of Blaeu and Janssonius atlases. Visscher II died in 1702, but the busines flourished under the guidance of his widow, Elizabeth, until her death in 1726. Sometime either before this, or following, the plate came into the hands of Petrus Schenk Jr., who promptly added his imprint."

ABOUT Cartographer (Nicolaes Visscher II) :

Nicolaes Visscher II (1649-1702) inherited the 'shop' from his father. To obtain a new privilegio he applied to the States of Holland and West-Friesland in 1682, for a patent for printing and publishing maps. This patent was granted to him the same year. He moved the firm to the Dam, but it kept the same sign-board: "In de Visscher".

Around 1683, he published his first Atlas Minor with a printed index of 91 maps. In 1684, an atlas Germania Inferior appeared. Till 1697 he published another number of atlases. He used his grandfather's (Claes Jansz.) maps less often now and relied more and more on his own.

The wars waged in this time initiated the compilation of maps of the countries where the armies were operating. Many maps of war were included in the various editions of his Atlas Minor.

After Nicolaes' death, his wife, Elizabeth Verseyl, published all the maps of war in the form of an atlas under the title: De Stoel des Oorlogs in de Wereld (The seat of war in the world).

ABOUT The widow of Nicolaes Visscher II (?-1726) :

His widow continued the business energetically, and by her hand, under the name of her deceased husband, numerous atlases appeared, e.g., several editions of the Atlas Minor, an Atlas Maior and De Stoel des Oorlogs. The shop enjoyed a high reputation owing to the great variety of the assortment. Not only 'Visscher' maps, but also maps of other publishers were obtainable. With the death of Elizabeth Verseyl, in 1726, the last descendant died of a great map- and atlas-publishing firm in Amsterdam.

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