This map was published around 1640 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> (1598-1673). The map was important for its accurate representation of the coast and its many geographical names. Blaeu based this map on a map by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessel_Gerritsz" class="extiw" title="en:Hessel Gerritsz">Hessel Gerritsz</a>. (1580/81-1632) from 1631 and the results of several discoveries in the area.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19972007" class="extiw" title="d:Q19972007"><span title="Dutch artist">Dirk Jansz van Santen</span></a>
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circa 1640 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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