The Kingston History Observer: Maps

Kingston History: Maps

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Kingston Area as it appeared on maps of 1661
Carta particolare della nuoua Belgia Š parte della nuoua Anglia ...
(Note: The bay at 'New Plymouth' appears as large as Boston Harbor)

From: Dell'Arcano del Mare, 2nd ed. (Florence, 1661)
Source: The Cartographic Creation of New England

This map--made by a nobleman exiled from the court of Elizabeth I--is the first detailed coastal chart of New England and the eastern coast of North America. Dudley took most of his information from existing Dutch maps. He did add new information from English chart-makers, including the depth-soundings over the fishing banks. The apparently English place-names in New England are derived from John Smith's map but they have been interspersed in new locations among the older names that Smith tried to supersede.