BLAEU'S MAP OF THE MAGELLAN STRAIT / SOUTH AMERICA, c. 1640.

BLAEU, G. Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del Fuego, cum Celeberrimis Fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire Detectis Novissima et Accuratissima Descriptio Exhibetur. Amsterdam c. 1640.
Hand-coloured double page engraved map on watermarked paper, with cartouches, coat-of-arms and many large sailing ships. C.420 x 540 mm. Latin text verso. Centrefold as issued, some tears to margins, left corner repaired with new paper, partly some soiling to margins.

Can be rolled.
Important map by Blaeu, which influenced many later map-makers.