
ATLASES AND MAPS
Lot 142•
SOUTH AMERICA - STRAIT OF MAGELLAN [JANSSONIUS (JOHANNES)] Freti Magellanici ac novi freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio, double-page engraved maps, the first three mentioned hand-coloured; and another map of the Magellan Straits by Blaeu (6)
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,785 inc. premium
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SOUTH AMERICA - STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
[JANSSONIUS (JOHANNES)] Freti Magellanici ac novi freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio, sea creatures, decorative cartouche, ship and compass in the sea areas, penguins ("Pingini Aves"), Latin text on verso, 385 x 495mm., [Amsterdam, c.1640]--BLAEU (WILLEM) Tabula Magellanica qua Tierrae del Fuego, shipping fleet in the sea area, cartouche with family of local inhabitants, French text on verso, 435 x 550mm., [Amsterdam, c.1650]--[MERCATOR (GERARD)] Exquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata et iam retecta Freti Magellanici Facies, sea creatures, shipping and compass in sea area, cartouche incorporating penguin, Latin text on verso, 355 x 470mm., [Amsterdam, 1606, or later]--[MONTANUS (ARNOLDUS)] Tabula Magellanica, qua tierrae del Fuego, land populated by scenes of hunting ostriches, penguin groups, sea with ships, decorative cartouches, 360 x 295mm., [Amsterdam, c.1671]--DE WIT (FREDERICK) Tractus Australior Americae meridionalis a Rio de la Plata per Fretum Magellanicum ad Toraltum, naval battle, ships and compasses in sea area, large historiated cartouche, 490 x 560mm., [Amsterdam, c.1675], double-page engraved maps, the first three mentioned hand-coloured; and another map of the Magellan Straits by Blaeu (6)