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 Chiefdom
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy

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 Chiefdom
surface form: Powhatan territory

coastline of Virginia
describes Chesapeake Bay region
Indigenous peoples in the Virginia region
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: 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
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Virginia Colony

geography of Virginia
timePeriodDescribed early 1600s

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John Smith notableWork A Map of Virginia
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles relatedWork A Map of Virginia
this entity surface form: The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith
Captain John Smith notableWork A Map of Virginia