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View Maps of Virginia such as historical county boundaries changes, old vintage maps, as well as road / highway maps for all 95 Counties and 38 Independent cities in Virginia. Discover the past of Virginia through State maps in our online collection of old historical maps that span over 400 years of growth.
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Jun 30, 2021 · Smith’s Virginia was the most accurate and detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coastline produced in Europe until 1673. It was the basic source for virtually all printed maps of Virginia for more than sixty years and is considered to be one of the most significant maps of colonial America ever published.
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Mar 17, 2011 · English: Map of Virginia, discovered and as described by Captain John Smith, 1606; engraved by William Hole. Map created in 1606.
Jun 30, 2021 · A reproduction of Smith’s map was published in Richmond, Virginia, in 1819 to accompany an edition of Smith’s Generall Historie, and it was printed from this engraved plate. The plate was rescued in 1867 from the brazier pot by the late Thomas H. Wynne and purchased for the Virginia State Library at the sale of his library in 1875.
Engraved by William Hole, the John Smith map was the most comprehensive charting of the region up to that time. It was first printed in 1612 and later published in Smiths book The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), which is the version shown here.
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Jul 30, 2018 · This map by John Smith became the defining image of Virginia for many Europeans throughout the 1600s. The presence of Powhatan, a powerful indigenous leader, both through pictures and...
