Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: No
Dealers ID No.: 29374
Description: This intriguing chart depicts a group of islands in the South Sea (Pacific Ocean), attributed to discoveries made in 1617. It appears in Robert Dudleys DellArcano del Mare (Secrets of the Sea), first published in Florence between 1646 and 1647, and reissued in a revised, two-volume edition in 1661 under the title Arcano del Mare. The chart is engraved by Antonio Francesco Lucini, though it does not include the L. reference typically found in the 1661 edition.nThe geographic identity of the islands shown remains uncertain, reflecting the incomplete and often speculative European knowledge of the Pacific during the early seventeenth century. The map may correspond to regions east of New Guinea, such as parts of the Bismarck or Solomon archipelagos, though the locations are only loosely defined. The attribution to 1617 suggests links to Dutch or Spanish voyages in the western Pacific, potentially including exploratory activity by the VOC or remnants of the Mendaña and Quirós expeditions.nThe chart is associated with a group of sea charts that appear in Book VI of the atlas, focused on the East Indies and the Pacific. These include View Record (#172), charting Australias western and northern coasts; View Record (#222), a general chart of Asia; View Record (#223), a depiction of the Sunda Strait; View Record (#224), covering Celebes, Timor, and Banda; View Record (#275), a speculative chart of eastern Hokkaido and the strait with America; and View Record (#276), tracing the Pacific from the Solomon Islands to the coast of Lima.
Engraver: Lucini, Antonio Francesco
First published: Dell' Arcano del mare Florence: Francesco Onofri, 1646-47
Image Size (cm): 75.5×47.5
Mapmaker: Dudley, Robert (1574-1649)
Notes: Purchase details
Primary Category: Sea Charts
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: On the East Indies maps see, David Parry, The Cartography of the East Indian Islands: Insulae Indiae Orientalis (London: Countrywide Editions, 2005), 13749.
Sheet size (cm): 78×51.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1647
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