Map of North and South America
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1650
name: label: maker
content: De Wit, F.
notes: label: Description
content: Frederick de Wit's decorative map, made about 1650, includes oval vignettes of Latin American cities along the top border. Single figures of different native peoples line either side, including a <I>Virginiani</I> chief and brave, as shown in the detail. Some figures have been crudely colored to cover their nakedness. The map represents a flawed understanding of New World geography, such as picturing California as an island.
label: Description
content: Many maps of the Americas were produced during the period of exploration and colonial settlement in the 17th century. The period between 1630 and 1700 is known as the golden age of Dutch cartography, as the Netherlands was a center for map publishing as well as for the country's maritime enterprise that depended on maps and charts.
label: Description
content: The Museum's map collection includes a number of important examples received as a gift from Mabel Brady Garvan, who, with her husband Francis P. Garvan, built an important collection of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts that is now at the Yale University Art Gallery.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
label: depicted
content: United States: California
topic: label: Subject
content: Indians
label: Subject
content: Maps
label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Art
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.24303
label: accession number
content: 251493
label: catalog number
content: GA*24303
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: map
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 3/16 in x 21 7/8 in; 43.65625 cm x 55.5625 cm