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Isle de Ladrones

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Guam (Mariana Islands). "Isle de Ladrones". Orig. copper-engraving from O. van Noort's "Description du Penible Voayge ...". Published by C. Claesz in Amsterdam, 1602. Engraved by Baptista van Doetecum after van Noort's map of the region. With title in map, 2 sailing ships and several boats. 15:22,5 cm.

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Noort, Olivier van

Claesz, Cornelis

Amsterdam

1602

Guam (Mariana Islands). "Isle de Ladrones". Orig. copper-engraving from O. van Noort's "Description du Penible Voayge faict entour de l'Univers ou Globe Terrestre". Published by C. Claesz in Amsterdam, 1602. Engraved by Baptista van Doetecum after van Noort's map of the region. With title in map, 2 sailing ships and several boats. 15:22,5 cm (6 x 8 3/4 inch.).

A rare map (birds-eye-view) of an island (Guam) in the Ladrones (Marianas) Islands. Guam is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. - Whole book sheet. With another engraving with depiction of indigenous peoples ("Les Habitans de Lysle de la Drones") on verso. - Olivier van Noort (1558-1627) was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world.

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