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Puzzle featuring an image from the Library of Virginia's Alan M. Voorhees Map Collection. Exclusive to The Virginia Shop!

Number of pieces: 500

Size: 18" x 24"

Ages: 12+ years

Made in the USA

Notes on the original image from the Alan M. Voorhees Map Collection:

Date of original: 1608 or 1612

Original size of map: 17.32" x 22.05"

Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitude and longitude. Title set in decorative cartouche. Shows Western Hemisphere set in decorative frame with settlements and major rivers. Includes illustrations of ships and a monstrous fish. Thought to be first printed map on which Chesapeake Bay appears. Includes index to cities in Peru.