1671 Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, Alias Barmudas Dictarum

A splendid example of Arnoldus Montanus's  map of Bermuda, one of the earliest settled islands of the Americas. This map, like other 17th century maps of the island are based upon John Norwood's survey of 1618, as first published by John Speed in 1626.  Its former capital, St. George, is holder of the title of longest continually inhabited English town in the Americas. Bermuda’s earliest known European visitor was Spaniard explorer Juan de Bermúdez, for whom it was named, who landed there in the early 16th century. The first known map on which the archipelago is represented dates to 1511, a short time following its discovery. Here Montanus presents two maps in one as he utilized Speed's earlier projection, later updated with by Hondius with rhumb lines in order to demonstrate Bermuda's correct proportion and position. If one looks just above the large depiction of bermuda, they will find an additional island of Bermuda done much on a much smaller scale to present its position within th