Voyages.- Thornton (John) A New Mapp of Magellan Straights Discovered by Capp: John Narbrough, 1700
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Voyages.- Thornton (John) A New Mapp of Magellan Straights Discovered by Capp: John Narbrough, with inset map of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, decorated with English royal coat of arms of Charles II, a European soldier, Native Americans, ships, and various local animals, engraving with hand-colouring, on sturdy laid paper with Strasbourg lily watermark, platemark 425 x 530 mm (16 3/4 x 20 3/4 in), sheet 490 x 595 mm (19 1/4 x 23 1/3 in), some spotting and surface dirt, two mirrored small nicks/abrasions within centre along the fold, minor marginal nicks with 1-2 cm split in the upper part of the central fold, unframed, [circa 1700]*** Based on the map from John Narborough's book, the first Englishman to sail through the Strait of Magellan in both directions.
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Voyages.- Thornton (John) A New Mapp of Magellan Straights Discovered by Capp: John Narbrough, 1700
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