1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of Australia, South America Terra Australis Germany A passage from the Liturgy

A passage from the Liturgy of St James reads:

Groseilliers sailed on the Nonsuch

The island is widely regarded as the centre of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the organised migrations to Hawaii

Many people lived here because their jobs provided this home and they could not afford their own

1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of Australia, South America Terra Australis Germany A passage from the LiturgyTitle : Chica Sive Patagonica et Australis Terra Size: 15in x 12in (380mm x 305mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1597 Ref #: 41718 Description: A fine original antique, and incredibly important map of Patagonia & the Magellan Straits but more importantly one of the first maps to depict a distinctive outline of Australia depicted here as part of Terra Australis the Great Southern Land and was published by Cornelis van Wytfliet in the 1597