28 VIRGINIA CARTOGRAPHY. 



letter's written from thence by some of the Adventurers to their 

 friends in England. (London) Anno Dom. 1634. i p. 1. 14 pp." 



Notwithstanding the statement on the title-page of it, " Being 

 an extract of certaine Letters, written from thence, by some of 

 the Adventurers to their friends in England," I am inclined to 

 believe, from a careful perusal of the pamphlet, that it was 

 written by one person, who at end dates his letter " From Saint 

 Mairie's in Maryland, 27 May 1634." 



The pamphlet mentioned as having been published in 1635 

 borrows considerably from the one of 1634, but not enough to 

 regard it a revised edition, so it must be considered as separate 

 and distinct and, from internal evidence, compiled in England, 

 either by or under the direction of Cecilius Calvert, second Lord 

 Baltimore. 



The map was published with the pamphlet of 1635, as men- 

 tioned on the title; few editions, however, are known in which 

 the map is found. The Library of Congress has a perfect copy, 

 and a facsimile is found in " Maps to accompany the report of the 

 commissioners on the boundary line between Virginia and Mary- 

 land, 1873." A reprint of the Relation with the map was made 

 by Francis L. Hawks in 1865. 



The map was evidently made for the guidance of the " Adven- 

 turers," as the places mentioned in the pamphlets of 1634 and 

 1635 as having been discovered and named are all given on the 

 map. 



The following is a full description of the map with the names 

 of all places on it. " Nona Terras Marie tabula." On the right, 

 the coat-of-arms of Great Britain, and also of the house of Bal- 

 timore and the title " Novae Anglise pars." To the left the text: 

 " This Northerne part of Virginia (the limitts whereof extend 

 many degrees farther southwards) is heere inserted for the better 

 description of the entrance into the Bay of Chesapeack." At the 

 bottom : " T. Cecill sculp." and Delaware Bay is mentioned for 

 the first time, I think, on a map under that name. On the west 

 of Chesapeake Bay are given C. Henry, lames flu., lames towne. 

 Point Comfort, Pamunkey flu., Rapahanock flu., Cinquak, St. 

 Gregories poynt, Patowmeck flu., Patowmeck, St. Michaells 

 poynt, Augusta Carolina, St. Maries, St. Geo. flu., Heron Hand, 

 S. Clement He., Cedar poynt, Portobacke, Pascatoway, Patuxent 



