Map of "Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova." Willem Blaeu. Amsterdam, 1635 and later. On display in Sterling Memorial Library through January, this map of New England and the New Netherlands from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is one of the earliest to include that part of North America colonized by the Dutch. It is also one of the earliest to name Nieu Amsterdam, and the first printed map showing Indian canoes and several types of North American fauna, such as turkeys, beavers, polecats, and otters.

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