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Collection Reference Number GLC03583
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1700-1753 
Title Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii [New Netherland - New York]
Date 1730
Author Seutter, Matthew (fl. 1730)  
Document Type Map
Content Description Matthew Seutter, following Jansson and Nicholas Visscher. Engraved map, hand colored. The map shows the back-and-forth tussle between the Dutch and English over New York and New Jersey, and uses both sets of place names. Cartouche shows New York City (New Amsterdam). The figures surrounding the cartouche include laboring slaves who, with other people, present produce to a seated monarch who may be George II. See R. V. Tooley, The Mapping of America, p. 291 no. 25 (no. 24 for citation on cartouche).
Subjects Geography and Natural History  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Slavery  African American History  Global History and Civics  
Place written Augsberg, [?]
Theme Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859