Tabula Magellanica Qua Tierrae del Fuego
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Jansson's superbly decorative chart of the strategic Straits of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego. In addition to an elegant title cartouche, the beautifully colored chart features an explanatory key, an armorial dedicatory cartouche, and an elaborate mileage scale flanked by fur-clad figures, sea fowl and shells, with galleons in full sail in the surrounding waters
Item Number: RS2265
Cartographer: Jansson
Place & Date: Amsterdam / 1640
Size: 21 1/4" x 16 3/8"
Condition: full color; centerfold repaired and reinforced
Price:
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