Single sheet. Engr. Physical description Note: Once folded as a book insert ca. 23 x 13cm. Title has been recut on the plate. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Latitude indicated on border. Land map (no rhumbs, no soundings). Additional Places: Chile, Patagonia, Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego. Contents Note: Sea decorated with waves, sea creatures and ships; land with volcanoes, animals and inhabitants including men with tails, Inset text: Ad Lectorem. Latin text discussing the uncertainties of longitude and notes on the area.

Alonso de Ovalle was a Jesuit priest born in Chile in 1601. This map was included in his book, Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile y de las missiones y ministerios que exercita en él la Compañía de Jesus, which described the Spanish conquest of Chile and the Arauco War (fought between the Spanish colonisers and the Mapuche people).