Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le maire exactissima delineatio - Antique map

Author: Hondius, Henricus

Publisher: Hondius, Henricus

Published: Amsterdam

Publishing year: 1630

Strait of Magellan."Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le maire exactissima delineatio". Orig. copperplate engraving, H. Hondius, 1630. With decorative title cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Miliaria Grmanica ... Gallica communia"), another cartouche with explanatory notes ("Notitia Locorum circa Fretum Magell."), a wind rose, several ships and sea monsters. 39:50 cm (15 1/2 x 19 3/4 inch.).

Koeman I, Map 9950:1B, Ed.1:321/22 (Mercator-Hondius Atlas, 1633, German). - A very decorative map of the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego. - Nice, dark impression.

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Tags: Antique map, Antique maps, Old maps, Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le maire exactissima delineatio, copperplate engraving map, Hondius, 1630