List of Eighteen Titles of Old Maps on Which Staten Island 



is Shown 1 



By Thomas Letts 



This list is compiled from the collection belonging to the Amer- 

 ican Geographical Society, 15 West 81 st Street, New York. 



1. Novi Belgii novaeque Angliae nee non partis Virginiae 

 tabula multis in locis emendata a Nicolao Joannis Visschero 

 (with framed view at right foot, " Nieuw Amsterdam op t'Eylant 

 Manhattans:" references to public buildings A-K). (1650?) 



2. Map of New Netherlands with a view of New Amsterdam 

 (now New York) A. D. 1656, copied from A. Vander Donck's 

 Map for D. T. Valentine's " Manual of the Corporation." 1652. 



3. Belgii Novi Angliae nova et partis Virginiae novissima de- 

 lineatio (Amstelodami : J. Janssonius. 1657?). (Native vil- 

 lages, groups of animals, canoe and two wind roses adorn the 

 plate.) 



4. Pascaert van Nieu Nederland Virginia en Nieu Engelant. 

 Nieulycx uytgegeven t' Amsterdam By Hendick Dockner Boek- 

 verkooper en Graedbooghmaker, Inde Nieubrugsteegh In't 

 Stuurmans gereetschap. (1664?) 



5. Pascaerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies 

 van Cabo Cod tot Cabo Canrick (P. Goos?) (1669?) 



6. Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Yorck vocatur, Novaeque An- 

 gliae. Partis Virginiae Accuratissima et Novissima Delineatio. 

 't Amsterdam Jacob Meurs (1671). [Probably the earliest map 

 using the title " New York."] 



7. Pascaerte van Nieu Nederland Streckende van de Noordt 

 Revier tot Hendrick Christian's Eylandt (Amsteldam, Pieter 

 Goos, 1675?). (This map is accompanied by 2 pp. English text.) 



8. A map of New England and New York, F. Lamb Sculp. 



1 Presented by title April 17, 1909. 



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