The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning ano: 1584. to this present 1626. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England.
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The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning ano: 1584. to this present 1626. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England.
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Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
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The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles : with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning ano: 1584. to this present 1626. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes.
Names
Smith, John, 1580-1631 (Compiler)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1632
Place: London
Publisher: Printed by I.D. and I.H. for E. Blackmore
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Subjects
Virginia
Indians of North America -- Virginia
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Bermuda Islands -- History
New England -- History
New England -- History -- Colonial period
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Notes
Ownership: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3055
Statement Of Responsibility: By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3055.
Content: Map Div. copy: Autographs in ink on t.p.: John [?] [and] [?] Walpole, 1725.
Content: Map Div. copy: Imperfect: 1 p. l., 2 fold. pl., 2 port., 2 fold. maps, and p. 247-248 lacking.
Content: Map Div. copy: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
Content: Map Div. copy: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Physical Description
Extent: 7 p. l., 96, 105-248 p. 2 fold. pl., 2 port., 2 fold. maps. 27.5 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5877497
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14472231
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6b74b3d0-c5d3-012f-e720-58d385a7bc34
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1632
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning ano: 1584. to this present 1626. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1632. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b74b3d0-c5d3-012f-e720-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1632). The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning ano: 1584. to this present 1626. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b74b3d0-c5d3-012f-e720-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning ano: 1584. to this present 1626. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b74b3d0-c5d3-012f-e720-58d385a7bc34
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