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Chili.

  • ARTIST: Willem Blaeu

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Willem Blaeu, Amsterdam.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1630 (1642).

  • EDITION SIZE: 14 x 18 7/8" (355 x 480 mm) plus wide margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine map of Chile from a Dutch text edition of Blaeu's Atlas Novus. Oriented with north at the left, this map shows much of the west coast of South America. The Andes, rivers, cities and coastal features are located and identified. Several ornate cartouches decorate the map sheet, while ships and whales ply the Pacific (Mar de Chili).

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

  • REFERENCE: Koeman Bl 27A (91).

  • CATEGORIES: Maps