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Exquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata etiam retecta Freti Magellanici facies. Eiigentliicke afbeeldinghe der Magellanischer Strate die nu met veel gevaers etteliieke Maenden doorsien, van nieus ondecktis.
Single sheet. Engr. Physical description Note: Plate marks extend well beyond printed area. Scale: [ca. 1:1 500 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Single compass rose with radiates. Scale in German miles. Soundings and shoals in Straits. Additional Places: Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Patagonia. Contents Note: Title cartouche supported by penguins. Inset view. Decoration: ships, whale, sealions.
From the 1606 or later editions of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. On the reverse are 2 pages (359 & 360) of descriptive text in Latin.
From the 1606 or later editions of the Mercator-Hondius atlas. On the reverse are 2 pages (359 & 360) of descriptive text in Latin.
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Object Details
| ID: | G279:4/36 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mercator, Gerardus |
| Places: | Tierra del Fuego; Chile Patagonia Region de los Canales Strait of Magellan |
| Date made: | circa 1610 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 35x46cm, on sheet 46.5 x 56cm. |