Strait Magellan (5 results)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 3 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Printed before 1800; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

The map shows Central America, and the entire western coastline of South America. There are two inset maps within ornamental floral borders - one of the western coast of South America to its southern tip, the other is a map of "St. Franciscus Bay" on Tierra del Fuego. Ornamental cartouche, decorated with sails and navigational aids. Compass on the equator, with north to the left. Copper engraving. Fine condition Later colouring. Size: 55 x 35 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Oblong Octavo album (ca. 15.5x20.5 cm). 11 brown card stock leaves. With 24 mounted gelatin silver photos, ca. 11x16.5 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ½ in) and slightly smaller, all captioned in detail in manuscript black ink on mounts and all dated and initialled F.A. Period brown stiff card covers album titled on front cover "Photos." Covers with some minor wear at extremities, but overall a very good album with strong sharp images. Historically interesting album of original gelatin silver photos taken on a voyage S.S. Boveric through the Strait of Magellan and include views of: Stern of S.S. Boveric in a gale 200 miles from the Strait of Magellan; Gale in South Atlantic; southern Patagonian channels (x2); Entrance of Chasm Reach (x2); English Narrows (x5); Glacier in Sarmiento Channel (x2); Indians coming alongside, in dug-out canoe; Plaza showing Cathedral, Conception, Chile; Plaza, Santiago, Chile; Plaza da Armas, Santiago, Chile; Travellers in a car out at Florida near Santiago, Chile; River Maipu, 20 miles from Santiago; River Maipu entering Turbines; S.S. Huasco Arica, Chile; S.S. Boveric leaving Iquique, Chile; Waterfront at Arica, Chile; Moro Rock, Arica, Chile. The S.S. Boveric was a 3987-ton steel screw steamer, built by Russell and Co. Of Glasgow in 1898. (NLA).

Excellent. Size 5.5 x 14 Inches. This is a decorative 1725 map of the Strait of Magellan published by Rene?-Auguste-Constantin de Renneville to illustrate his narrative of Joris van Spilbergen's 1615 navigation to the Pacific. Spilbergen's was part of a broader effort to undermine Spanish dominance over the Pacific, then still known as the 'Spanish Sea'. A Closer Look The southern-oriented map illustrates the treacherous Strait and Spilbergen's experience there. Of the six ships illustrated, one is engulfed in flames, the result of a mutiny on the eastern entrance of the Strait. The 5 remaining ships make their passage westward past mountains and indigenous huts. The scenery is misleadingly lush and tropical, with jackfruit and palm trees standing in stark contrast to what we know of the region today. Cartographically, this map is derived from a less decorative map issued in De Bry's Grandes Voyages . Conrol Over the Spanish Sea In 1615-16, Dutch admiral Joris van Spilbergen (1568 - 1620) successfully navigated the Straits of Magellan, the treacherous maritime passage at the southern tip of South America, as part of a Dutch expedition aimed at challenging Spanish dominance in the Pacific. Spilbergen's voyage was part of a broader Dutch strategy during the Eighty Years' War (1568 - 1648) to disrupt Spanish trade and assert global naval power. Despite harsh weather, shifting currents, and poor maps, he skillfully led his fleet through the narrow, winding Strait - an impressive feat given the era's navigational limitations. After emerging into the Pacific, he continued northward along the Chilean and Peruvian coasts, engaging Spanish forces and raiding colonial ports. His successful passage through the straits underscored Dutch seafaring prowess and furthered their ambitions for a global maritime empire. Publication History and Census This map was for inclusion in the 1725 edition of Rene Augustin Constantin De Renneville's Recueil des Voyages qui Ont Servi a l'Establissement et aux Progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales Formee dans les Provinces-Unies des Pais-Bas . A different plate was engraved for the 1702/1705 edition of the work. All editions are scarce both on the market and in institutional catalogs. References: cf. OCLC 71534756.

Kupferstich v. Arnoldus Montanus aus Olfert Dapper: Die Unbekante Neue Welt, oder Beschreibung des Welt-teils Amerika, und des Sud-Landes b. Jacob van Meurs (Meursius) in Amsterdam, 1673, 28,5 x 17 Ferdinand Magellan vor 1485 - 1521 wa portugiesischer Seefahrer. Er sollte im Auftrag der spanischen Krone eine Westroute zu den Gewürzinseln finden und wurde dabei zum Initiator der ersten historischen Weltumsegelung. - Durch diese Weltumseglung wurde der letzte praktische Beweis für die schon bekannte Kugelgestalt der Erde erbracht.