Engraved Map of South America by Charles Price

South America Corrected from the Observations Communicated to the Royal Society's of London and Paris.... Charles Price (c.1679-1733). Engraved map with original hand color in outline, mounted on scrolls. London: T. Brandreth & G. Willdey, 1713. The map is a remarkable compendium of geographical detail and contemporary explorations, noting a number of sea voyages in the southern waters of South America, including Sharp's return route in 1681, Sr. la Roche's Course in 1675, Magellan's course in 1520, Americus Vespuccio's course in 1502, and Halley's course in 1700. The region where Halley noted floating ice is identified.
To the left of the dedication cartouche, Price makes an observation concerning the sighting of a strange breed of animal:
The sea in these parts abounds with two sorts of Animalls, of a Middle Species between a Bird & a Fish, having necks like swans and swimming with their whole Bodyes always underwater only putting up their long necks for Air.