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#PenguinAwarenessDay 🐧:
Magellanic #Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on 17th c. Dutch maps of the Strait of Magellan:
1. 1602 Olivier Van Noort (I think this is the earliest depiction of one on a map?) storage.googleapis.com/raremap
2. 1635 Jodocus Hondius library.princeton.edu/visual_m
#BirdsInArt #AnimalsOnMaps

Detail of the "Pinguyn" (Penguin) on a 1602 Dutch map from Olivier van Noort (1558-1627), the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. (uncolored printed map, single penguin depicted)
Detail of the "Pingnini Aves" (penguins) on a 1635 Dutch map from Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612). (hand-colored map, two penguins depicted
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