Map of North and South America
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1648
name: label: graphic artist
content: Blaeu, William
notes: label: Description
content: William Blaeu's decorative map, made about 1648, includes oval vignettes of Latin American cities and harbors along the top border. Paired examples of different native peoples line either side, including the King and Queen of Florida shown in the detail. The map represents contemporary geographical understanding of the New World, together with sea monsters and other imaginative features.
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: North America
label: Place Made
content: South America
topic: label: Subject
content: Maps
label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
label: Subject
content: Indians
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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.24335
label: accession number
content: 251493
label: catalog number
content: 24335
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: 16 1/8 in x 21 7/8 in; 40.9575 cm x 55.5625 cm