de LAET, JOHANNES. Novus Orbis seu Descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis. Libri XVII. Half-title, engraved title, and 14 engraved maps of American subjects and woodcut illustrations in text. Folio, early full calf with gold fillet border, rebacked; varying toning and foxing, washed. Leiden: Ludgd. Batav. apud Elzevirios, 1633
"Arguably the finest description of the Americas published in the seventeenth century." -- Burden
The maps, which were compiled by Hessel Gerritsz, are in many cases foundational representations of their regions. For instance, the map of New England was the first to name Manhattan, New Amsterdam, and Massachusetts. Burden 231. Sabin 38557.
