John Smith's Virginia Map - One of the First Detailed Maps of the English New World

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This video is about John Smith's map of the Virginia Colony published in 1612, titled "Virginia: Discovered and Described". This video covers the information on the map and how he acquired it. It also covers a few Dutch and Flemish cartographers that published derivates of the map.
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@GeographyGeek 2 жыл бұрын

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@tiltingatwindmills3243 2 жыл бұрын

Virginia really has such a rich history. In fact, less than a mile from where I sit typing this lies the entrance to the very first coal mine in the United States. It has now become a park with trails and walking paths, but when we were kids it was nothing but thick woods surrounding the entrance. Against our parents advice, we used to build forts and play paintball around the mine entrance, then as we got older smoke weed and drink our parents beer at the site. If only we had understood the historical significance of what was lying in the woods in our neighborhood.

@GeographyGeek 2 жыл бұрын

I'd have to agree with you! I'm a VA resident myself.

@Armed-Forever Жыл бұрын

very true, 1776 doesn’t feel that old when considering the foundations were being established over 150 years prior

@simon7762 3 жыл бұрын

Damn that's interesting. I giggled a bit when I saw the German version of the map. They translated pretty much everything, even his name, from John Smith to Johan Schmidt

@MatthewChenault Жыл бұрын

I like the sheer level of detail John Smith put into describing the political geography of the region as much as he did the physical geography.

@GeographyWorld 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I love the theory of the Dutch drawing mountains because of their lack of them at home!

@C.R.W Жыл бұрын

I've visited the Eastern Shore several times. I think that Dutch map shows every single spot the land rises 2 feet above ground level, because it certainly doesn't get much higher than that.

@B3FMandCProductions Жыл бұрын

Clearly, the Disney animators used the Dutch map when they drew Tidewater Virginia. Virginia certainly has it's share of tall mountains and waterfalls, but you gotta drive a few hours west of Jamestown to see them

@SamOrndorff 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@GeographyGeek 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@WyomingTraveler 2 жыл бұрын

The artwork put into these all maps is fantastic. John Smith was a real bad ass. He gets stung by a stingray and then eats the creature. I love your explanation as to how different cartographers changed features of Smith’s map for some unknown reason.

@dutchman7623 3 жыл бұрын

Because information on the map was not verified in person (different kind of trees etc.) Dutch copies tend to leave those details. On the other hand, white paper without anything means that the area has not been explored, so hills were used as page filler. It only indicates 'high land' in contrast to swampy.

@GeographyGeek 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I see! Thank you for sharing this

@dutchman7623 3 жыл бұрын

Btw the North as the top of a map is a more recent development in cartography. Even on very detailed maps Blaeu didn't put North to the top: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/De_Zeven_Provinti%C3%ABn_van_de_Lage_Landen_-_Novus_XVII_Inferioris_Germaniae_Provinciarum_Typus_%28W.Blaeu%2C_J.van_den_Ende%2C_1664%29.jpg

@robnewman6101 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched Disney's Pocahontas on DVD before. I have also watched the Historical Drama Movie of The New World 2005. I never saw this films on cinema screens, I wish I had.

@1trickster255 3 жыл бұрын

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@GeographyGeek 3 жыл бұрын

Oh thanks you’re right!

@AnonymousBosch3158 2 жыл бұрын

The Dutch trying to enhance their maps: "Lets draw mountains!"

@robnewman6101 2 жыл бұрын

Regin of King James the 1st. Gunpowder, Treason and Plot 1605.

@Byronic19134 2 жыл бұрын

We just gonna gloss over the Sesquahans being described as Giants?

@GeographyGeek 2 жыл бұрын

Research suggests that they were slightly larger than most natives. Males stood around an average of 5 feet, 7 inches in height. That’s nearly four inches taller than the average Englishman in the 1600s. I’ve also heard a theory that they may have sent their largest warriors to greet Smith to intimidate the colonists.

@lisamoore6804 Жыл бұрын

I was watching this with my boyfriend, I noticed your accent, I was guessing where it's from, I guessed Appalachian. Am I close? I'm originally from SW Ohio and people have told me I sound like a cowgirl, lol.