The map shows a section across South-America between Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires and was engraved by Gerard Coeck (1608/1609-c. 1649) and ordered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> (1598-1673). Blaeu probable had to wait more than ten years for its publication. The map can only be found in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Maior" class="extiw" title="en:Atlas Maior">Atlas Maior</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="w:en:Joan Blaeu"><span title="Dutch cartographer (1596-1673)">Joan Blaeu</span></a>
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1662<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1662-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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