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Spanish chart of Chilean ports 1788
Spanish chart of Chilean ports 1788
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Heading: (Spanish)
Author:
Title: Plano del Puerto de Valdiva en la Costa Oeste de la America Meridional...[on sheet with] Plano de la Rada de Sn. Juan Burtista en la parte N.E. de la Isla de Juan Fernandez de Tierra...
Place Published: [Madrid, Spain]
Publisher:
Date Published: 1788
Description:


Two large scale engraved charts on one sheet, with one view. 56x42 cm (22x16½"). Dissected, mounted on linen, folded. Label of Charles Piccquet Géographe on verso.



Charts of the port of Valdiva, in Chile, and to the west, the bay of San Juan Bautista on the islands of Juan Fernandez, which are are primarily known for having been the home to the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk for more than four years from 1704, which may have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.

Provenance: Maggs, 9/79

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