| Summary: | A copy of this map originally drawn by John Farrer shows the eastern coast of North America from Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts to Cape Fear in present-day North Carolina. Virginia is shown as on the route to the Sea of China and the East Indies. Other elements include a compass rose and scale. There are decorative drawings throughout the map including birds, sea monsters, a sea creature blowing a horn, a deer, a rabbit, a bear, and other animals. Farrer was a prominent member of the Royal Company of Virginia explored much of Virginia searching for a route to the Pacific Ocean for the silk industry. Farrer's map is significant due to the narrow depiction of North America with a Northwest Passage shown as a river connecting the Hudson River to the Sea of China and the Indies. This copy came from the Maryland Geological Society's Winsor's Narrative and Critical History.
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