Pieter Goos:  Paskaarte van Het Zuydelijckste van America Van Rio de la Plata, tot Caap de Hoorn, ende inde Zuyde Zee. tot B. de Koquibo . . . 1666

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Title: Paskaarte van Het Zuydelijckste van America Van Rio de la Plata, tot Caap de Hoorn, ende inde Zuyde Zee. tot B. de Koquibo . . . 1666

Map Maker: Pieter Goos

Description:

Nice old color example of Pieter Goos's sea chart of the southern part of South America, extending from the lower Rio de la Plata in the north to Tierra del Fuego and the Straits of Magellan in the south.

Goos's sea chart reflects the earliest of a series of chartings of the region, which was followed in succession by the charts of Hendrick Doncker and Frederick De Wit. As can be seen from the following links, the Goos chart is the earliest of the group, with the most notable difference being the lack of a southwestern coastline for Magellanica.  It is the also the only map of the three to pre-date the use of the name Tierra del Fuego (Terre de Fuenica), which is shown on the other maps.  The discoveries of Staaten, Mauritius and Le Maire are shown on each of the three maps.

De Wit:  http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/18483 

Doncker: http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/22694

Related Categories:
Maps of South America
Polar Maps