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Tabula Magellanica qua Tierræ del Fuego

Description

Printed map. "D.D.D. Ioannes Ianssonius." Possibly originally published in Jansson's edition of Mercator's Atlas Novus, Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: ... Tomus Tertius, published 1647. Visual scale. Includes illustrations. Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. II, entry Me 59, p. 408-411. In upper right margin, "84". Two pages of Latin text on verso under headings, "Descriptio Freti Magellanici et Freti le Maire" [right side] and "Fretvm le Maire" [left side]. McMaster has another copy with Spanish text on verso; see RMC_107227r. Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton, March 1995.

Details
Title
Tabula Magellanica qua Tierræ del Fuego: cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano et I. le Maire detectis, novissima et accuratissima descriptio exhibetur
Creator
Subject
Description
Printed map. "D.D.D. Ioannes Ianssonius." Possibly originally published in Jansson's edition of Mercator's Atlas Novus, Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: ... Tomus Tertius, published 1647. Visual scale. Includes illustrations. Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. II, entry Me 59, p. 408-411. In upper right margin, "84". Two pages of Latin text on verso under headings, "Descriptio Freti Magellanici et Freti le Maire" [right side] and "Fretvm le Maire" [left side]. McMaster has another copy with Spanish text on verso; see RMC_107227r. Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton, March 1995.
Publisher
Apud Joannem Janssonium
Contributor
Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Date
1647
Type
Format
map
Identifier
macrepo:76970, local: RMC_107061r
Source
Language
lat
Relation
Coverage
Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina), Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile), South America--Argentina, Chile--Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego
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