1639 Hondius Antique Map of Magellan Straits, South America Europe survived for another millennium until

survived for another millennium until the Empires last remains collapsed when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks of Sultan Mehmed II in 1453

Plate area: - 4 very small worm holes

Captain Samuel Wallis

Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716–1799)

after Captain John Smith\'s famous map of 1612

1639 Hondius Antique Map of Magellan Straits, South America Europe survived for another millennium untilTitle : Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delinatio.. Date : 1639 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 43137 Size: 22in x 18in (560mm x 470mm) Description: This finely engraved beautifully hand coloured original antique map of Straits of Magellan, Le Maire Strait, Fire Lands and the southern tip of Patagonia was published in the 1639 French edition of Mercators Atlas by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius. These maps, published in