Impressive map of the tip of South America showing the Strait of Magellan and Le Maire Strait. The coastlines are depicted as very mountainous, while the interior is completely without detail. A beautiful sheet, it is richly arrayed with rhumb lines, three compass roses, a fleet of ships, a coat of arms and a Latinized dedication to the artist and scientist Constantine Huygens. There are three strapwork cartouches -- title, key and scale featuring a family group of natives. The map bears Willem Blaeu's signature, but it was published by his son, Johannes.

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Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with a 1" tear just below title cartouche, a 1.5" tear in top left corner, and two tears that enter map border at bottom that have all been archivally repaired. Remargined at left with a portion of neatline in facsimile.