Americae pars decima ... Omnia nunc primum in lucem edita, atque in aes incisis inconibus
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Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration, New England --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, and Virginia --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Subject (Name):
Hamor, Ralph, d. 1626. True discourse of the present estate of Virginia. Latin. 1618, Smith, John, 1580-1631. Description of the New England. Latin. 1618, and Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
A coat of arms, divided into four quadrants, with two repeating designs. The first contains three flowers; the second, three crowns. Surrounding these is a bordure featuring eight stars. All but the top of the shield is surrounded by leafing and design. At the helm is a knight's helmet, atop which is engulfed by mantling, and with a stag upon a torse at the crest. Over the entire image is the motto Pace et Bello Paratus.