This rare map of the southern tip of South America and the Strait of Magellan appeared in the second volume of Estienne Roger's Recueil des Voiages qui ont Servi a l'Etablissement..., a French translation of Isaac Commelin's accounts of Dutch voyages. It is based on Olivier van Noort's 1602 map of his voyage through the strait. Van Noort was the first Dutch explorer to circumnavigate the globe. The map includes little inland detail aside from some place names, including Santiago. The mouth of Rio de la Plata is shown, but Buenos Aires is not identified. Porto Desire, site of a battle between Van Noort's men and the Patagonians, is located at the mouth of an exaggerated Deseado River, along with a nearby Isle des Pinguins. Two other Isle des Pinguins are depicted in the Strait of Magellan. The northern portion of Tierra del Fuego is shown as well. A compass rose and two distance scales complete the composition. Pag. 18 appears in the top right corner.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression issued folding on watermarked paper. There is light toning, soiling along the edges of the sheet, and faint offsetting. The left margin has been professionally extended with old paper.