Plan du Cap de Hoorne situé par 56. d. de latt. S. de la Grande Baye ou golfe ou relacha le Nare. le françois Capne. Mr. Ioachim Darquistade au mois d'avril 1715 et des isles qu'il trouva au S.O. du dit cap 17 L 1/2 la variation du compas corriegeé.
Summary
Shows coasts of Cape Horn region and adjacent islands.
Depths shown by soundings.
Watermarks: Cluster of grapes and indecipherable lettering.
Pen-and-ink and red and blue inks.
Mounted on cloth backing.
LC Luso-Hispanic World, 209
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Includes inset of Darquistade Islands and notes.
Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right corner: 82.
Printed label describing the map mounted on verso. Attributes the provenance of map content to an original plan made by the French Captain Joachim Darquistade during his exploration of the coast of Tierra del Fuego, etc., in 1715.
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Date
01/01/1715
Contributors
Darquistade, Joachim.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain