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 sents New Amsterdam from the East River, showing the characteristic Dutch houses facing the river on Pearl Street. It is not unlikely, too, that Herrman may have rendered some aid to Visscher in preparing the map itself, the full title being, “Novi Belgii Novaque Angliae necnon partis Virginiae. Tabula multis in locis emendata a Nicolo Joannis Visschero”.

As early as October 1659 Herrman had seen the necessity of having an adequate map of Maryland. In a letter for that date he wrote to Peter Stuyvesant:

This letter is of the utmost importance in a discussion as to why Herrman made his decision to become a British subject. The letter was apparently written some few days after the conference with Governor Fendall; and certainly expresses the greatest loyalty to the Dutch point of view. There is no reason to believe, however, that Stuyvesant was impressed with Herrman’s suggestion; nor can one easily understand how Stuyvesant could be of much aid in having a map of Maryland drawn other than proposing to Governor Fendall that such a map be made by a joint commission of the two provinces.