Boston, which was settled in 1630, is found laid down, but there is no mention of Maryland, the Province of Virginia forming the southern Boundary of New Belgium.
As Maryland was first granted in that and the settlement of Boston.
1632, it is evident the date of this Map must be some year between
Most probably, it was engraved in 1631.
In point of time, it may be considered the third oldest Map of the Province extant, having, as far as yet
known, been preceded by only two Dutch Maps, one of 1616 and one 1618, transcripts of which are in the office of the
Secretary of State, and of one of which this Italian Map is evidently an improved copy.
CONTENTS. PAGE. :
^\ I. Papers relating to the Iroquois and other Indian tribes, II.
Papers relating to the first settlement
at Onondaga, and the discovery of the Salt
Springs
at Salina, III.
Papers relating to De Courcelles' and De Tracy's expeditions against the Mohawk Indians,
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1665-6,
IV. Govs. Nicoll and Andros' reports on the Province of New- York, 1669-1678,
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V. Papers relating to M. de la Barre's expedition to Hungry Bay, 1684, VI. Governor Dongan's report on the state of the Province, 1687,
VII. Papers relating to Denonville's expedition to the Genesee Country and Niagara, 1687, VIII.
Names of the male inhabitants of Ulster Co., 1689, New- York and
IX. Papers relating to the invasion of
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Schenectady by the
of the Province of New-York,