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Auction 143, Lot 406

"Typus Freti Magellanici. quod Giorgius Spilbergius cum Classe Lustravit",

Subject: Magellan's Strait & Tierra del Fuego

Period: 1725 (circa)

Publication: Recueil des Voyages…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17 x 6 inches
43.2 x 15.2 cm
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Oriented with north to the bottom, this map shows Joris van Spilbergen's fleet navigating Magellan's Strait in 1615. The mountainous terrain of the adjacent shorelines of Tierra del Fuego and Chile are well depicted along with sparse vegetation and a few huts. Based on a map of the same name published in de Bry's Grandes Voyages. Published in Constantin de Reneville's Recueil des voyages qui ont servi a l'établissement de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales aux Provinces Unies.

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Condition: B+

A nice impression with attractive color. Trimmed close to neatlines at right and bottom.

Estimate: $350 - $450

Sold for: $600

Closed on 2/13/2013

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