Superb copper engraving of the southern tip of South America with the important Straits of Magellan and Le Maire well depicted. Delicately engraved with two compass roses and a pictorial title cartouche featuring a native with a feathered headdress, surveyor tools, two galleons, and three pairs of Europeans, with two of the pairs engaged in fist and knife fights.
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Condition: A+
Very early, dark impression on fine quality paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark and a hint of toning along the sheet edges.