File:Blaeu - Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.png

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, Amsterdam 1635

It is essentially an engraved version of Adriaen Block's map of 1614 with some additions and subtractions. --DeKoning, April 17, 2006.

Note: On this map the north direction is on the right border. The big sea is a part of the northern Atlantic. The land mass is the east coast of todays U.S.A. with mainly the new england (=Anglia Nova) countries.
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Source Biblioteca Nacional de España
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Willem Blaeu  (1571–1638)  wikidata:Q520327
 
Willem Blaeu
Alternative names
Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Willem Jansz Blaeu, Guilielmus Janssonius, Willems Jans Zoon, Guilielmus or G. Blaeu
Description Dutch cartographer, publisher, instrument maker, astronomer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1571 Edit this at Wikidata 18 October 1638 / 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uitgeest Amsterdam
Work period 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
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Amsterdam (1599–1638); Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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current22:49, 10 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 22:49, 10 February 20175,976 × 4,472 (39.75 MB)Jdx (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 09:48, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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18:16, 7 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 18:16, 7 September 20051,033 × 800 (1.41 MB)Frank Schulenburg (talk | contribs)Willem Janszoon Blaeu: ''Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova'', Amsterdam 1642 {{Creator:Willem Janszoon Blaeu}}

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