#PenguinAwarenessDay 🐧: Magellanic #Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on 17th c. Dutch maps of Strait of Magellan: 1. 1602 Olivier Van Noort (I think this is the earliest depiction of one on a map?) storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img... 2. 1635 Jodocus Hondius library.princeton.edu/visual_mater... - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

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#PenguinAwarenessDay 🐧:
Magellanic #Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on 17th c. Dutch maps of Strait of Magellan:
1. 1602 Olivier Van Noort (I think this is the earliest depiction of one on a map?) https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/xlarge/24065.jpg
2. 1635 Jodocus Hondius https://library.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/magellan-strait/magellan-strait-maps.html

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