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The so-called Adriaen Block map from 1614

Made on vellum, mainly in red ink. The part around present New York city is drawn in later with black ink. The red ink part is drawn during 1611/12 expeditions by Dutch mapmaker Cornelis Doetsz. Merchant Adriaen took the unfinished map during his 1613/14 expeditions to the area: on his obervations the map was later completed by an unknown mapmaker in the Netherlands.

Algemeen Rijksarchief, Den Haag

From the book:

"Oude scheepkaarten en hun makers" Hoogtepunten 5 eeuwen cartografie.Robert Putman. H.J.W. Becht, Amsterdam 1983

Map from north-east America with the so-called 'Restitutio-scene'

Engraving, with contemporary coloring. The copperplate was inherited by Karel Allard from his father in 1691 and published in Amsterdam about 1700. This map was a straight copy from the N.J.Visscher map from about 1655. On this map was another scene of Nieuw Amsterdam: this was erased later and substituted by this Restitutio-scene.

46,5 x 54,5 cm

From the book:

"Hoogtepunten uit de wereld van de cartografie en hun makers" by Tony Campbell. Becht, Amsterdam 1981.

' Duke's Plan' of New York

Anonymous (Manuscript, 1664) 56 x70 cm

From the book:

"Hoogtepunten uit de wereld van de cartografie en hun makers" by Tony Campbell. Becht, Amsterdam 1981.

Nicolaes Visscher map of north-east America
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1639 Joannes Vingboom map
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Robert Dudley 1648 chart of the
New York region
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This map is interesting for its slightly mistaken geography and its combination of many tongues in place names.

Source:
"America Explored", by Adrian Johnson,
The Viking Press, Inc.,New York, NY, 1974

New Amsterdam, 1645
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Montanus' view of New Amsterdam, published in 1671,most probably reflecting the situation of about 1645

Source:
"America Explored", by Adrian Johnson,
The Viking Press, Inc.,New York, NY, 1974