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Caarte vande Zuijdzee by Willem Schouten

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Caarte vande Zuijdzee ver tonende wat wech Willem Schouten
Track chart showing a new route west pioneered by Willem Schouten and Jacob le Maire.
engraving; 17.0 x 40.0 cm
Amsterdam: Willem Schouten, 1618
State Library of Queensland

First published in 1619, this track-chart of le Maire and Schouten's voyage of discovery across the Pacific in 1615–1618 proved that Tierra del Fuego was not connected to a larger continent below South America.