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Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c.; Dressée sur les Descriptions des P.P. Alfonse d'Ovalle, et Nicolas Techo et sur les relations et memoires de Brouwer, Narbouroug, Mr. de Beauchesne & Par Guillaume de L'Isle Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. A Amsterdam Chez Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier, Geographes Avec Privil

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Title: Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c.; Dressée sur les Descriptions des P.P. Alfonse d'Ovalle, et Nicolas Techo et sur les relations et memoires de Brouwer, Narbouroug, Mr. de Beauchesne & Par Guillaume de L'Isle Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. A Amsterdam Chez Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier, Geographes Avec Privil
Alternative Title: Tabula Geographica Paragaiae, Chilis, Freti Magellanici, &c.
Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, cartographer
Contributor: Cóvens et Mortier
Date Created and/or Issued: 1741
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Map famous for native boatmen paddling in opposite directions and for sunken birds swimming in open ocean. Also for imaginary Pepys Island off Argentina. Cartouche: Natives. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: W M. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes; Paraguay Chili.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 49 x 57 cm., sheet 54 x 68 cm.
Identifier: 295822
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10598
Language: French
French
Latin
Time Period: [1741?]
Place: South America
Argentina
Chile
Paraguay
Brazil
W 80°
W 50°/S 15°
S 57°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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