Delineatio omnium orarum totius Australis partis Americae, dictae Peruvianae, à R. de la Plata, Brasilia... (1596) - Page 1

A detailed engraved map of South America, titled and described in two ornate cartouches. The map features illustrations of indigenous animals (llamas, horses), ships (galleons) in the surrounding oceans, and mountainous terrain in the interior. A large compass rose is positioned in the South Atlantic. Decorative elements include skulls, putti, and floral motifs in the cartouche borders.

Description of the maritime coasts

of the Antilles, and the part of America called Peruvian,

from the Rio de la Plata to Brazil, Paria, and gold-bearing

Castile, together with all the islands of the same.

For it also includes Spain and Castile

as far as the province of Florida, and Cape de la Vela. In which

Peruvian territory takes its name from Nombre de Dios and

Panama, and then with one coast, ends at the Pacific Ocean

at Lima, where trade is also customary, and the Land of Fire,

as far as the Strait of Fernando de Magallanes. This delineation

was compiled from the best and most experienced hydrographic

charts by the study and effort of Arnoldus Florentius a Langren,

Author and Engraver.

Depiction of all the sea coasts of the part of the

Southern side, part of America, beginning at "Peruvia"

now starting from Rio de la Plata, along the coast

of Brazil, Paria, and Guiana, Castile, with all the

islands, Antilles, or the islands, Hispaniola, and Cuba,

up to Cape Florida: also on the other side of the land

between Panama and Nombre de Dios, all the coasts

and the island of golden Peru, with also the land of L-

ima: Completed by and near the port of Lima,

the coasts of Chile, and the channel or strait

between the land of the Patagonians and Terra del

Fuego, called the Strait of Magellan, as the coasts

further extend, the islands and surroundings, with the excellent

stretching thereof: all very curiously and with

diligence from the best sea charts, compared and corrected.

German miles, of which 15 correspond to one degree.

Spanish leagues, 17 1/2 assigned to one degree.

Major Geographical Labels

PERUVIAN
BRAZIL
CHILE
LAND OF FIRE
ANTILLES
FLORIDA
NEW ANDALUSIA
CARIBANA
PARIA
OMAGUA
PAGUANA
PICORA
PARANA
ACUTIA

NORTH SEA
SOUTH SEA
EQUINOCTIAL LINE
TROPIC OF CANCER
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
Strait of Fernando de Magallanes

Annotations & Notes

The vicuna a wild relative of the llama are animals similar to camels, whose wool is said to be extremely fine: they use these as we use donkeys or horses, to carry burdens: and from this region the name Peru first originated.

An illustration of a vicuna (llama) in the Peruvian interior.

Region of the Patagonians,
where the inhabitants are giants 9,
at most 10 feet tall,
they paint their faces with various
colors.

Annotation near the southern tip of the continent regarding giants in Patagonia.

Province of Moxos.
Province of Cuchos.
Charcas

Provinces in the central part of the continent.