A Map of Virginia

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A Map of Virginia is an early 17th-century cartographic work by John Smith that provided one of the first detailed English maps and descriptions of the Virginia colony and its Indigenous peoples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic work ⓘ
early modern map ⓘ
map ⓘ
associatedWith Jamestown ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan Chiefdom

Virginia Company of London ⓘ
author John Smith ⓘ
cartographer John Smith ⓘ
cartographicStyle early modern European cartography ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
creator John Smith ⓘ
depicts English settlements ⓘ
Indigenous towns ⓘ
James River ⓘ
Powhatan territory ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan Chiefdom

coastline of Virginia ⓘ
describes Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
Indigenous peoples in the Virginia region ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
rivers of Virginia ⓘ
settlements in early Virginia ⓘ
genre ethnographic description ⓘ
exploration map ⓘ
hasPart cartographic representation of Virginia ⓘ
descriptive text about Virginia ⓘ
historicalPeriod early colonial America ⓘ
historicalSignificance influenced European understanding of the Chesapeake region ⓘ
provided geographic information for English colonization ⓘ
intendedAudience English readers ⓘ
investors in colonization ⓘ
intendedUse guidance for exploration and settlement ⓘ
promotion of the Virginia colony ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mapsRegion Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ
medium printed map ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first detailed English maps of Virginia ⓘ
early English description of Indigenous peoples in Virginia ⓘ
placeDescribed Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
publicationDate early 17th century ⓘ
subject English colonization of North America ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
geography of Virginia ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed early 1600s ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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John Smith → notableWork → A Map of Virginia ⓘ
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles → relatedWork → The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith ⓘ
linked to: A Map of Virginia
Captain John Smith → notableWork → A Map of Virginia ⓘ
Powhatan language → documentedIn → Smith’s Map of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: A Map of Virginia
Anacostan → documentedIn → Captain John Smith’s 1608 map of the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
linked to: A Map of Virginia