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Polus Antarcticus - Antique map

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South Pole (Antarctica).("Polus Antarcticus"). Orig. copper-engraving after H. Hondius' map of the region. Published in Amsterdam by P. Schenk and G. Valk, ca. 1690. Orig. old colouring. With decorative scenes (ships, aborigins, penguins ...)...

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Hondius, Henricus

Valck, Gerard - Schenk, Peter

Amsterdam

1690

South Pole (Antarctica).("Polus Antarcticus"). Orig. copper-engraving after H. Hondius' map of the region. Published in Amsterdam by P. Schenk and G. Valk, ca. 1690. Orig. old colouring. With decorative scenes (ships, aborigins, penguins ...) around the map. 43,5:49 cm (17 1/4 x 19 1/4 inch.).

A very decorative map of the Antarctic Region with southern parts of South America, Africa and part of Australia ("Nova Hollandia").


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