The Pacific coast of North and South America

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Pascaart vertoonende de Zeecusten van Chili, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada en California

DONCKER, Hendrik
Amsterdam,
Hendrick Doncker Boeckverkooper inde Nieuwe brugh Steegh in 't Stuiermans gereedt: Schap,
[1660].
Double page engraved chart with original hand colour.
520 by 600mm. (20.5 by 23.5 inches).
15791

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Second issue of Doncker's chart of the Pacific coast of North and South America from Doncker's 'Zee-Atlas'; distinguished by the addition of the outline of the Yucatan Peninsula and the east / Gulf coast of Central America. California is prominently depicted as an island. With three vignettes of the discoveries of Abel Jansz. Tasman in New Zealand; Maerten Gerritsz Vries's voyage around northern Japan; and the Ladrones islands in the Pacific.

The first edition o...

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