| Summary: | A simple chart but not drawn to scale featuring several South Pacific islands located within the northern Tongan Island group of Tongatatapu situated east of Fiji as well as some islands in the Wallis and Futuna group situated north of Fiji. These particular islands were discovered by Dutch explorers Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten on their 1615-1616 voyage westward from Tierra del Fuego. Their further discoveries included notably Cocos Island [i.e. Tafahi in Tongatapu] on 9th May 1616, and Verraders Island [i.e. Niuatoputapu] just to the south, and to the northwest Good Hope Island [i.e. Niuafo'ou], then sailing further north-west to Hornsche Island [i.e. Alofi] and then Horne Island [i.e. Futuna, both in the Horn Islands, part of the Futuna and Wallis islands group] on 18th May, where they were cordially received by the natives. The English cartographer Robert Dudley, a skilled mathematician and navigator, after being exiled from England settled in Florence where he published this chart in the first sea atlas using Mercator projection. This chart, engraved by Antonio Lucini, is embellished with a title cartouche, large compass rose and a sailing ship.; Cartouche title.; From: Dell'Arcano del mare / Robert Dudley. Florence [Italy] : Francesco Onofri, 1646-47.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm536. Longitudine comincia da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores d'Asia, carta XXI
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