VIRGINIA CARTOGRAPHY. 23 



America, but of all, holds Virginia by the naturall endowments, 

 the fittest place for an earthly Paradise." 



That the manuscript here mentioned is the text afterwards 

 printed at Oxford in 1612 admits of no doubt from the extracts 

 made from it by Purchas for " his Pilgrimage," published in 

 1 61 3. He seems peculiarly pleased in quoting the refrain 

 " Love you not mee " with which the Indian maidens greeted 

 John Smith, as related in " A map of Virginia, 1612." 



The text of this book, from evidence at the end, was written 

 after Smith had returned to England in December, 1609. We 

 should infer, however, from his letter before quoted to " The 

 Treasurer and Councill," that the text called " A map of Vir- 

 ginia " was sent home by Newport in November, 1608. If this 

 be the case, Smith must have recovered his manuscript on his 

 return to England and shown it to Purchas. 



We have now followed Smith's map from its departure froi-g^ 

 Virginia in 1608 to Purchas seeing it, who, as before stated, 

 mentions the map in print and the text in manuscript before 

 August 7, 1612, when "his Pilgrimage" was entered at Sta- 

 tioner's Hall. 



Having, therefore, formed a pretty correct idea of the time 

 when the original map was published, I shall now quote the dif- 

 ferences in the four impressions I have examined and compared. 

 Smith evidently revised his first map, as the one published in his 

 " Generall Historic " has several additions, which are " Sparkes 

 Poynt," " Washeborne," " Boolers Bush," " Fetherston^es Baye," 

 " Blandes C," " Downesdale," and "Sparkes Content" is also 

 changed to " Sparkes vaylley." 



Fetherstones Baye on " Toppahonock flu " is so called after 

 Master Richard Fetherstone, who died on the second expedi- 

 tion, August, 1608. As this bay is not mentioned on the original 

 map, the inference would seem to be that Smith made it before 

 this event. The original map before these changes is found 

 with the perfect copies of the text which it describes. 



Another impression, which was evidently intended for " Pur- 

 chas his Pilgrimes," has the pagination numbers 1692, 1693, at 

 the top, with the above-mentioned places omitted as in the 

 original, also without " 41 Smith " (" The Generall Historic ") 

 in the lower right-hand corner. This I assume to be the second 



