Southern South America • Strait of Magellan

Fretum Magallanicum in quod Olivier a Noort Generalis navium devenit quinto die Novembris, An. 1599, hinc et in Mare del Zur, novissimo die Februarij An. 1600, usque ad Con : ceptionem auro abundantem.
[The Strait of Magellan, into which Olivier van Noort, General of Ships, arrived on the fifth day of November, in the year 1599, and from there on to the Mare del Zur [Pacific Ocean], on the last day of February, in the year 1600, as far as Concepción, which is abundant in gold.]

Amsterdam: JANSSONIUS, Johannes, 1646


Size (neatline): 23.5 x 16.3 cm / 9.3 x 6.4 in

Size (sheet): 23.9 x 17.1 cm / 9.4 x 6.7 in

Technique: Copper engraving

Colour: Uncoloured

Verso: Blank

Condition: Good

Rare map of southern South America, based on the voyage of Oliver van Noort


Description

Rare map of southern South America, based on the voyage of Oliver van Noort, the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the globe. Engraved by Baptista van Doetecum. First published by Cornelis Claes in 1602.

Condition

Good.

A couple of tiny spots. Cut to neatline on right, with loss of 1 mm of image at top right.


Item #: 02813

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