1662 Langston
Anthony Langstroms map
definitively locates Opechancanough’s head
quarters as “The Island.”
The map was filed away
in England without a date and author. In 1984, Martha
McCartney identifies the author and date through
handwriting analysis.
“Menmend an ancient Seat of Opachancone
[Opechancanough] ye late Emperour”
4A ca.
1662 map identifies an island near Carter's Landing in King William County as Opechancanough's "ancient seat." It may have
been there that an English house was
built for him by the missionary George Thorpe.
Martha MacCartney http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/jame1/moretti-langholtz/chap4.htm
