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A new mapp of MAGELLAN STRAIGHTS discovered by Capt. John Narbourgh commander then of His Majesty's Ship Sweepstakes as he sayled through sade straights.
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A new mapp of MAGELLAN STRAIGHTS discovered by Capt. John Narbourgh commander then of His Majesty's Ship Sweepstakes as he sayled through sade straights.

Contains 8 pages of text and 173 double-page large folio charts, colored by a contemporary hand.; Citation/Reference: Sabin 95631; Most of the maps bear the imprint of Samuel Thornton, but some were issued by John Thornton, and others. The volumes may be a compilation from several sources, including John Thornton's Atlas maritimus.--cf. Bookseller's description inserted in v. 1; Sabin 95631; and Phillips 2833, 3455.

Date
1702
Mapmaker / publisher
Scan by NYPL
Place
the Strait of Magellan
Archive
New York Public Library (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
5,832 × 4,680 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"A new mapp of MAGELLAN STRAIGHTS discovered by Capt. John Narbourgh commander then of His Majesty's Ship Sweepstakes as he sayled through sade straights." (1702). Scan by NYPL. New York Public Library, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_new_mapp_of_MAGELLAN_STRAIGHTS_discovered_by_Capt._John_Narbourgh_commander_then_of_His_Majesty%27s_Ship_Sweepstakes_as_he_sayled_through_sade_straights_(NYPL_b13909432-1640611).jpg

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