{"id":31117,"date":"2023-11-07T03:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T03:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:38:22","slug":"the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3 works bound in 2 volumes. Folio (286 by 181mm). Complete with the rare Wright-Molyneux world map on two sheets joined, map carefully trimmed to the neatline, with repaired closed tear and light restoration around folds, provenance sig. I6 with chip to fore edge just grazing shoulder note, a few leaves in same volume with very minor peripheral damp staining; vol. III sig. I5 with text misaligned with consequent slight shaving of shoulder note, contents generally very clean and fresh; mid-eighteenth century calf, recent red morocco labels to style, neat restoration at extremities, covers panelled in blind, light red speckled edges. Map dimensions: 630 by 430mm. (24.75 by 17 inches).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward, 1599\u20131600.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":31118,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[411],"product_cat":[4953,633],"product_tag":[6034,5942,5818,6061,6010,6026,785,420,5803,692,1621,634,738,1620,1619,419,440,1618],"product_campaign":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31117","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-rare-books","7":"product_cat-all-stock","8":"product_cat-travel-voyages","9":"product_tag-6034","10":"product_tag-5942","11":"product_tag-5818","12":"product_tag-6061","13":"product_tag-6010","14":"product_tag-6026","15":"product_tag-americas","16":"product_tag-antique-map","17":"product_tag-approval","18":"product_tag-drake","19":"product_tag-elizabeth-i","20":"product_tag-hakluyt","21":"product_tag-mercator","22":"product_tag-molyneux","23":"product_tag-principal-navigations","24":"product_tag-rare-map","25":"product_tag-world","26":"product_tag-wright","27":"subjects-travel-voyages-2","28":"locations-travel-voyages","30":"first","31":"instock","32":"sold-individually","33":"purchasable","34":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d - Daniel Crouch Rare Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward, 1599\u20131600.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daniel Crouch Rare Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-30T17:38:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/18425_1H.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2043\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u9884\u8ba1\u9605\u8bfb\u65f6\u95f4\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 \u5206\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d - Daniel Crouch Rare Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/18425_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2043&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-07T03:18:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-30T17:38:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"zh-Hans\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"zh-Hans\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/18425_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2043&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/18425_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2043&ssl=1\",\"width\":3500,\"height\":2043,\"caption\":\"HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land,\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/browse\\\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/zh-hans\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daniel Crouch Rare Books\",\"description\":\"Rare Maps, Vintage Maps, Antique Maps, Rare Atlases, Rare Books\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/crouchrarebooks.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"zh-Hans\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d - Daniel Crouch Rare Books","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/","og_locale":"zh_CN","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d","og_description":"By HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward, 1599\u20131600.","og_url":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/","og_site_name":"Daniel Crouch Rare Books","article_modified_time":"2026-04-30T17:38:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3500,"height":2043,"url":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/18425_1H.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u9884\u8ba1\u9605\u8bfb\u65f6\u95f4":"1 \u5206"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/","url":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/","name":"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d - Daniel Crouch Rare Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crouchrarebooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/18425_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2043&ssl=1","datePublished":"2023-11-07T03:18:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-30T17:38:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"zh-Hans","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"zh-Hans","@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crouchrarebooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/18425_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2043&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crouchrarebooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/18425_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2043&ssl=1","width":3500,"height":2043,"caption":"HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land,"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/browse\/the-great-prose-epic-of-the-elizabethan-period-the-first-english-map-on-mercators-projection-the-first-map-to-name-lake-ontario-and-one-of-the-first-maps-to-use-the-name-virginia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"shop","item":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"\u201cthe great prose epic of the Elizabethan period\u201d \u2013 the first English map on Mercator\u2019s projection; the first map to name Lake Ontario; and one of the first maps to use the name \u201cVirginia\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/","name":"Daniel Crouch Rare Books","description":"Rare Maps, Vintage Maps, Antique Maps, Rare Atlases, Rare Books","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"zh-Hans"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/31117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=31117"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=31117"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=31117"},{"taxonomy":"product_campaign","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crouchrarebooks.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_campaign?post=31117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}