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Image: Hessel Gerritsz 1622 map of the Pacific - closeup 'Illas de Salomon'
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Description: Close-up of the 1622 Map of the Pacific by Hessel Gerritsz showing the 'Solomon Islands' (Illas Salomon) as well as 5 islands discovered by Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten in 1616: Hornsche Eylanden : Hoorn islands, Futuna et Alofi Goede hoop Elt [Eylandt] :Good Hope island, Niuafo'ou (Tonga) Cocos Eylandt : Cocos Island, Tafahi (Tonga) verraders eylandt : traitors island, Niuatoputapu (Tonga). It is one of the earliest maps where those island are drawn.
Title: Hessel Gerritsz 1622 map of the Pacific - closeup 'Illas de Salomon'
Credit: http://expositions.bnf.fr/marine/grand/por_142.htm
Author: Hessel Gerritsz
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