Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . many years. His first survey was made between 1615 and completed map, dated 1622, and engraved in Amsterdam, was published andfor sale in London in 1626 ; and this seems to be the best edition of it, for theoutlines are engraved clearly and with care. Two other editions were publishedabout the same time. He STibsequently made another map, finished in 1663, on which every lot ofland was located and numbered. (See Lefroy, Memorials, ii, p. 645, reprint ofmap.) He died in Bermuda, Oct., 1675, aged 84 years. Some of his descen
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . many years. His first survey was made between 1615 and completed map, dated 1622, and engraved in Amsterdam, was published andfor sale in London in 1626 ; and this seems to be the best edition of it, for theoutlines are engraved clearly and with care. Two other editions were publishedabout the same time. He STibsequently made another map, finished in 1663, on which every lot ofland was located and numbered. (See Lefroy, Memorials, ii, p. 645, reprint ofmap.) He died in Bermuda, Oct., 1675, aged 84 years. Some of his descend-ants still reside there. 536 A, M Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. are engravings of the seal of the original Bermuda Compan3\ Onthe reverse side of the seal (fig. 29) there is a view of a wreckedvessel alongside of two high rocks, Avhich are easil^y recognized asthe two main North Rocks. The vessel, Avith broken masts, standsupright, between the largest rock and a small one that exists to theright, and is therefore concealed -by the hull of the vessel. In a. Figure 29.—Facsimile of the reverse of the aucient seal of the Bermnda Com-pany, engraved on the border of Norwoods map of Bermuda, published in1626. It shows the wi-eck of Mays vessel, the Bonaventura, in 1593,alongside of the North Eoeks, which then appeared much as at pre-sent. Enlarged \\ times. photographic view (fig. 30) taken in December, 1875, by Mr. Hevl, ofBermuda, a man stands where the vessel stood and the two viewsare apparently from nearly the same point. The two rocks in theold print are represented as nearly equal in height, but now one isdecidedly lower than the other. This ancient sketch, imperfect as it naturally is, correspondsremaikably Avell with the outlines of the rocks, as seen in the photo-graph. (Fig. 30.) This proves that these rocks have undergonebut little change in general form since the early settlement of Ber-muda, for this seal was probably engraved as early as 1616-18. A. E. Verrill—T
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