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Keywords: Willem Blaeu - Tabula Magellanica 1635.jpg Willem Blaeu Tabula Magellanica 1635 Strait of Magellan South America http //www geheugenvannederland nl/ /nl/items/KONB01 439/ p 7 i 1 t 139 st Willem 20Blaeu sc 28cql serverChoice 20all 20Willem 20 20AND 20Blaeu 29/ wst Willem 20Blaeu Het geheugen van Nederland 1635 Creator Willem Janszoon Blaeu PD-old PD-old-100 1635 maps Maps of Strait of Magellan South America in the 17th century Maps by Willem and Johannes Blaeu Willem Janszoon Blaeu Maps of straits Old maps of Patagonia 1635 Koninklijke Bibliotheek Jacob le Maire Atlas van der Hagen ImageNote 1 718 1262 117 76 2037 1579 2 It is interesting to see that Willem Blaeu located the Diego Ramírez Islands north of Cape Horn Actually the islands are the most southern part of South America This mistake is due to the errors in localization in the early 17th century made by their respective discoverers the brothers Nodal and Jacob le Maire Moreover Blaeu included several discoveries of admiral Jacques L'Hermite but he forgot tot add his discovery that Cape Horn was an island ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1195 1169 130 113 2037 1579 2 These islands were named after the dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ImageNoteEnd 2
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