c 1684 American Northeast Hand-Colored Map, Novi Belgii Noveque Anglinae... with NEW YORK City Inset

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  c. 1684 Lovely "Novi Belgii Noveque Anglinae Nec Son Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula" Hand-Colored Map with Animals & rare early NEW YORK City View Inset
  c. 1684 Colonial Era, Hand-Colored Map of the American Northeast titled, "Novi Belgii Noveque Anglinae Nec Son Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula" with a rare early NEW YORK Cityscape Inset, the third state often called "Farm Animal Map," engraved by Justus Danckerts, Netherlands, Framed, Very Fine.
  c. 1684 This highly illustrated Map of the American Northeast including many animals and a view of New York City. This Double-Sheet Map measures 22" x 18.75" (by sight) and is titled, "Novi Belgii Noveque Anglinae Nec Son Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula." Offered here is the important third state Danckerts' Map, which appeared about 1684 after the establishment of Philadelphia. By the time this map appeared, the English had wrested the New Netherlands (New York) from the Dutch, William Penn had founded Pennsylvania, and specific geographic knowledge of the region had advanced.
  This historic colorful highly illustrated Map was engraved by Justus Danckerts of the Netherlands and is considered part of the Jansson-Visscher series of Maps. Overall, this Map is in nice condition for display, possibly previously laid down for prior display, having some faint folds and standard double-page centerfold lines. There are some scattered short separations, minor wrinkles and a small loss with a fine split in the lower left of the Native American Indian vignette, that appears to blend into the scene.
  The series began with the Dutchman Joannes Jansson's c. 1651 "Belgii Novi", which was first published in Amsterdam and patriotically depicts a sprawling Dutch "New Netherlands" with a tiny New England confined east of the Connecticut River. Jansson's Map was copied by another Dutchman, Nicholas Visscher, in 1655, who enhanced his Map's popular appeal by introducing an Inset Cityscape view of New Amsterdam titled: "Nieuw Yorck. - Nieuw Amsterdam" at lower right.
  Numerous native American animals are displayed in this current version including; American turkey, rabbits, beaver, bear, hog, goat, horses, deer, cattle, sheep, fox, cranes and more. All these engraved handcolored animals tend to enhance the overall appeal of this desirable map by Danckerts, often called the "Farm Animal Map."
  For all these important alterations, Danckerts could not bring himself to acknowledge the fundamental geopolitical shift represented by the English conquest of the New Netherlands. This rare third state still depicts a vast "Nova Belgica sive Nieuw Nederlandt" dwarfing tiny New England, and the only allusion to New York is, as observed by Burden, in the title of the inset Cityscape view. We located a West Coast Map Dealer offering a similar example for sale at $7,500. A wonderful example of this highly illustrated important Map.
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  Danckerts drew multiple states of this map, per Philip D. Burden's definitive work titled, "The Mapping of North America." These developments necessitated substantial revisions to the map, as described by Burden:
  "Following the founding of Philadelphia a revised state was produced. However, unlike the competing maps (i.e., other post-1682 maps in the Jansson-Visscher series) which largely confined themselves to the city's addition, Danckerts updated the map in a significant manner.
  The Delaware River is completely revised so that it no longer connects with the Hudson River. Richard Daniel's A Map of ye English Empire... c. 1679, had depicted a similar river system. Pennsylvania is named, its boundary is marked, and many largely domesticated animals are engraved within the region. Recognition of the English hold over New Amsterdam is seen in the addition to the title to the view of "Nieuw Yorck, eertys Genaemt..."
  The Danckerts family (1628-1717) were a Dutch engraving and cartographic publishing firm active in Amsterdam during the latter half of the 17th and early 18th centuries. This firm was most active in this period between 1680 and 1700 when a number of atlases and maps appeared bearing either the "Justus Danckerts" or "Theodorus Danckerts" imprint.
  At the time, it was in vogue in Amsterdam to leave maps undated, which makes Danckerts' maps particularly difficult to precisely date. When dated, we can correctly attribute those maps to either Cornelius II or Cornelius III, though, typically, most are still undated and consequently difficult to attach to the correct exact Danckerts family member.
  The Danckerts are known for highly detailed and graphic engraving style. In addition to numerous atlas maps, they also produced a number of spectacular large Dutch wall maps. (Ref: Keuning, J., "Cornelis Danckerts and his "Niew Aerdsh Pleyn," Imago Mundi, Vol. 12 (1955) pages 136-139)
  
  
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