Fretvm Magellanicvm, vnd dessen eigentliche Beschreibung - Old maps

Author: de Bry, Theodore

Published: Frankfurt am Main

Publishing year: 1602

Strait of Magellan."Fretum Magellanicum, und dessen eigentliche Beschreibung, so die hollender durch Schifft und auch der leng beschrieben". An original map by T. de Bry. Orig. copper-engraving from his Grand Voyages published in Frankfurt am Main, 1601. With decorative title-cartouche, another cartouche with explanatory notes, wind-rose, 5 native Americans figures, a penguin, snail, spear, bow and arrow. 16,5:30,5 cm (6 1/2 x 12 inch.).

A decorative map of the Strait of Magellan, showing Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. The map is oriented to the South and includes a profile of the geography of the strait, sea banks or shoals, scale, dividers, and compass rose.

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