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New Guinea, by W.C. Schouten 1618

Willem Cornelisz. Schouten  (Hoorn, c. 1567 - 1625)

Dutch navigator for the V.O.C. (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie - Dutch East India Company). He was the first to sail the Cape Horn route to the Pacific Ocean in an expedition led by Jacob le Maire and sponsored by Isaac Le Maire.

Although he had opened an unknown route (south of Cape Horn) for the Dutch, the VOC claimed infringement of its trade monopoly to the Spice Islands. Schouten was arrested (and later released), and his ship was confiscated in Java. On his return, he would sail again for the VOC, and on one of these trips, he died off the coast of Madagascar in 1625. 

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Caarte van Nova Guinea, Nieulijck inden iare 1616 bezeijlt, ende beschreven door Willem Schouten van Hoorn.

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Category:  Antique maps > Australia

Old, antique chart of the north coast of New Guinea with the route of Eendrachtas far as Ternate, by W.C. Schouten.

Title also in French and Latin.

Copper engraving
Size (not including margins): 15 x 27cm (5.9 x 10.5 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Excellent.
Condition Rating: A+

From: Journael ofte Beschrijyvinghe van de wonderlicke reyse gedaen ... Amsterdam, W. Blaeu, 1618.

"The mapping of this coast meant a noticeable improvement in its depiction." (Schilder).

Willem Cornelisz. Schouten  (Hoorn, c. 1567 - 1625)

Dutch navigator for the V.O.C. (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie - Dutch East India Company). He was the first to sail the Cape Horn route to the Pacific Ocean in an expedition led by Jacob le Maire and sponsored by Isaac Le Maire.

Although he had opened an unknown route (south of Cape Horn) for the Dutch, the VOC claimed infringement of its trade monopoly to the Spice Islands. Schouten was arrested (and later released), and his ship was confiscated in Java. On his return, he would sail again for the VOC, and on one of these trips, he died off the coast of Madagascar in 1625. 

References: Schilder 3 - 3.167