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Blaeu's engravers drew it from secondhand descriptions, and it shows.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe Native American village scenes along the left margin, complete with longhouses and figures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe coastline from Long Island north to Cape Cod. 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Boston printer John Foster cut the woodblock in 1677 to illustrate William Hubbard's account of King Philip's War, the brutal conflict that nearly destroyed the New England colonies. Numbered sites mark where battles and massacres took place across the region. The crude woodcut technique, ships in the sea, hills rendered as lumpy mounds, a sea creature lurking off the coast, gives the map a raw, folk-art energy that no engraved copper plate could match.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe numbered battle sites scattered across the interior. Each one marks a specific engagement from King Philip's War.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe ships in the ocean: they're rendered as simple woodcut silhouettes, closer to medieval illustration than cartography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe coastline south of Cape Cod bends sharply west. Foster was working from a 1665 survey, and the proportions are off by modern standards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271573651634,"sku":"FOLIO-cj82m3009-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271573749938,"sku":"FOLIO-cj82m3009-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12×16","offer_id":47211014127794,"sku":"FOLIO-cj82m3009-POSTER-12x16","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/cj82m3009-8x10.jpg?v=1775761644"},{"product_id":"captain-john-smiths-new-england-1624","title":"Captain John Smith's New England, 1624","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis is the map that gave New England its name. Captain John Smith surveyed the coastline in 1614, previously called North Virginia, and Prince Charles himself renamed the landmarks Smith had recorded. The map guided the Pilgrims to Plymouth and later led John Winthrop to the Charles River in 1629. Smith's own portrait occupies a cartouche in the upper left corner, arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. Compass roses, galleons under sail, and the royal coat of arms fill the sea, making this as much a political claim as a geographic document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eSmith's portrait in the upper left cartouche. He included himself on the map, arms folded, fully armored.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe place names along the coast were assigned by Prince Charles, replacing the Native names Smith originally recorded.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe ships under full sail in the Atlantic. They mark the sea lanes that English colonists would follow to settle the coast.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271574798514,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462s64w-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271574896818,"sku":"FOLIO-3f462s64w-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/3f462s64w-8x10.jpg?v=1775761673"},{"product_id":"boston-harbor-1688","title":"Boston Harbor, 1688","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eCaptain John Fayrwether and Captain Thomas Smith took the soundings. This is the earliest known chart of Boston Harbor, originally drawn around 1688 and reproduced in facsimile by the Massachusetts Historical Society around 1893. The compass rose dominates the composition, hand-painted in vivid color, while depth soundings fill the channels between the harbor islands. The chart is oriented with north toward the upper right, and the coastline is rendered with the rough confidence of men who sailed these waters daily rather than surveyed them from shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe compass rose at center is the visual anchor of the entire chart. It's hand-painted with more care than most of the coastline.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe soundings through the main shipping channel show where the deep water ran between the harbor islands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe captains who took these measurements are named in the cartouche: Fayrwether and Smith, working mariners, not professional cartographers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"8×10","offer_id":47271576567986,"sku":"FOLIO-cj82kx712-POSTER-8x10","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14","offer_id":47271576666290,"sku":"FOLIO-cj82kx712-POSTER-11x14","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12×16","offer_id":47281349853362,"sku":"FOLIO-cj82kx712-POSTER-12x16","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16×20","offer_id":47271576764594,"sku":"FOLIO-cj82kx712-POSTER-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/7292\/6898\/files\/cj82kx712-8x10.jpg?v=1775761721"},{"product_id":"fosters-new-england-1677","title":"Foster's New England, 1677","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-context\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe earliest map drawn, engraved, and printed in North America. John Foster cut this woodblock in Boston to illustrate William Hubbard's account of King Philip's War, the devastating 1675 conflict between English colonists and a confederation of Native peoples. Two parallel lines crossing the map mark Massachusetts' claimed northern and southern boundaries. This was as much a political document as a geographic one, commissioned by the colonial government to justify its territorial claims. The map is oriented with north to the right, and numbered figures mark sites where Indian attacks occurred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-callouts\"\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe two parallel lines crossing the map. They mark Massachusetts' disputed northern and southern boundaries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eThe numbered sites correspond to locations of attacks described in Hubbard's text; the map was a companion to a war narrative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003eNorth is to the right, not the top. 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