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First Map of the Strait of Magellan - 1520

First Map of the Strait of Magellan – 1520

The first circumnavigation of the globe was the voyage of 1519–22 by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), undertaken in the service of Spain. The only known first-hand account ...
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1865 historic Mitchell map of South America showing Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile with detailed harbor insets.

Map of South America – 1871

Historical Nineteenth-Century Map of South American Nations This antique color lithograph represents a highly detailed 1865 map of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile. Published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell ...