Delineatio omnium orarum totius Australis partis Americæ, dictæ Peruvianæ, à R. de la Plata, Brasiliam, Pariam, & Castellam auream,

Sub-Title

unà cùm omnibus Insulis Antillas dictis, Hispaniolam, item & Cuban comprehendentis, usq, ad promont: floridæ, vulgo, cabo de la florida: Item Isthmi inter Panamam & Nombre de dios, Terræ Peru auriferæ, cum ejus metropoli Cusco, & comodißimo portu Limæ: Orarum etiam Chilæ, freti inter terram Patagonum, & terram del fuego, vulgo Estrecho de Fernando Magellanes. Et omnium portum, Insularum, Scopulorum, pulvinorum, & vadorum, tractusq ventorum, ex optimis Lusitsnicis cartis hydrographicis delineata atq emendata.

Subject

South America, Caribbean, Florida, cannibalism, marine animals.

Date

[1596]

Mapmaker

Langren, Arnold Florent van

Publisher

[Linschoten, Jan Huygen van]

Place of Publication

[Amsterdam]

Accession Number

1982.077.118

Alternate number

Seiferth Collection

Condition

Fair. Acidified.

Curatorial Notes

Repro of this map, plate 28 in Skelton's "Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th and 18th Centuries."

Market Value

1982 appraisal, $2,700.00

Notes

From Linschoten's "Itinerario." Oriented with north to the right of the map. Linschoten obtained the information for his "Itinerario" while residing in Goa, Portugese West Indies, 1853-1588. This map is highly decorated with images of indigenous populations, vessels, marine animals, cannibalism.

Size

15 1/4 x 22

Storage

c02d04