1606 Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.

This map is one of the most important maps of this part of the New World of its time, one which continued to be important and exert influence well into the eighteenth century. It is the most influential map of Southeastern North America in the 17th century, and the first to depict Virginia and Florida. Hondius’ map covers an area from the Spanish colony of St. Augustine to the north, past the Outer Bank of the Carolinas all the way to Chesapeake Bay. It is a synthesis of two maps of the previous century, the Le Moyne of Florida and the White map of Virginia and Carolina, both published by Theodore de Bry. Though the map contains a number of errors, its influence was significant. One obvious error is the jutting horizontal projection which places Carolina and the Outer Banks too far to the east. The error occurred in earlier maps and is related to difficulties experiences by mariners in the 16th century in calculating longitude and accounting for magnetic variance. The distortion may we