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Depiction of Newfoundland and surrounding coasts, by Giacomo Gastaldi, 1565 edition.

This is the right half of "La Nuova Francia", a pictorial relief map attributed to Giacomo Gastaldi and first published in 1556, in Giovanni Battista Ramusio, editor, second edition of Terzo volume delle navigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da M. Gio Battista Ramvsio…, Venise, Nella stamperia de Givnti (first 1553 edition of Ramusio's Terzo Volume did not contain map). The original 1556 woodblock was destroyed in a fire and a new block had to be carved for the third 1565 edition, with some slight differences (second block can be identified by weeping willows near New York harbor and Acadian coast)(1556 block version: p.424-25; 1565 block version: p.424-25 )

The Gastaldi map is the earliest printed map showing northeastern North America. It is also the first map to use the term "New France" ("La Nuova Francia") to designate French claims in North America. It also labels the "Terra de Nurumbega" (Abenaki term) on left half, and "Terra de Laborador" (with Portuguese shield) on right half.

The Gastaldi map incorporates information from the recent exploration voyages of Giovanni Verrazzano (1524) and Jacques Cartier (1534), as well as earlier explorers like John Cabot (1497) and the Corte-Real brothers (1500-02). The map depicts details of New York harbor ("Angoulesme") and Rhode Island ("Port de Refuge") on the left half, and Cape Breton Island ("C.Breton"), Newfoundland ("Terra Nuova") and Labrador coast ("Terra de Laborador") on right half. It skips over the coastline of New England and Nova Scotia in between. It seems to also show the St. Lawrence River, but does not label it.