1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of Australia, South America Terra Australis Anatomy One of his huge patrons

One of his huge patrons was Amsterdam burgomaster Andries de Graeff

establishing a trading relationship with the Solomon Islanders and later taking aboard islanders to serve as crewmen on their ships

Makian & Kajoa

Men of lower rank could only have one wife

in the mutilated form read by some

1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of Australia, South America Terra Australis Anatomy One of his huge patronsTitle : 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