Historic Map : Hondius Map of Virginia and The Chesapeake, 1630, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 18in Extends from Tibet and Chinese

Extends from Tibet and Chinese Tartary east to Japan and south to Hainan

Legend tells that the cities were founded by bishops who fled the Moorish invasion of Merida

Unlike other cartographic publishers of the period

Nautical Chart Nantucket

Historic Map : Hondius Map of Virginia and The Chesapeake, 1630, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 18in Extends from Tibet and ChineseA very fine example of Henricus Hondius' 1630 map of the Virginia colony and the Chesapeake Bay. Oriented to the west, this map covers from Cape Henry to the Susquehanna River and inland as far as the Appalachian Mountains. The Chesapeake Bay is shown in full as are many of its river estuaries, though topographically this map places a number of mountain ranges where there are in fact none. Cartographically this map is based upon John Smith's landmark