Amerika / New England Allard, Hugo, ca. 1656 54,1 x 46,4 cm. Laut Sotheby´s Katalog vom 12. Mai 2005: Erste Fassung der Allard Karte von New England von der Jansson-Visscher Sequenz. Sotheby´s, London 12 May 2005: First state of Allard´s map of New England from the Jansson-Visscher sequence Tooley, The Mapping of America, S. 287, Plate 153. Copper Plate, Hand Colored This Dutch map that shows the south east portion of the North American coast. The bottom vignette shows a well known image of the Dutch colony "Nieuw Amsterdam", modern day New York. This image is flanked by two indigenous figures. Vessels are present in the ocean, of note are the two canoes with indigenous people rowing. Information is provided in Latin. Two compass roses adorn the oceans. The interior of the continent is well decorated with various images of native wild life. The largest of which is an image of an Indian village. Images of this size and detail of indigenous settlements are not common in maps of this period.
