Antique Map of Juan Fernandez, Chile, c.1740

Name: Antique Map of Juan Fernandez, Chile, c.1740
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11288
Price: 215 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1740
Kind: Maps
Size: 39.3 × 25.4 cm (15.5 × 10 in)
Condition: Good. Some marks and small stain at bottom right. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Chile
Reference: BG-11288

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Juan Fernández Island in the South Sea, an original engraved chart titled "l'Ile de Juan Fernandes dans la Mer du Sud," lettered with its latitude and its distance of about 110 leagues west of the coast of Chile. It dates from about 1740 and is associated with the voyage of George Anson, whose squadron called at the island in 1741.

The island is drawn in plan, a long, narrow landmass with its mountainous western end and a lower, ridged eastern arm, shaded in hachures. The Baye de Cumberland on the north coast is named, and other bays, anchorages and capes are lettered around the shore with soundings. A smaller island lies off to the upper right. A large compass rose at the left sends rhumb lines across the sheet, and a scale of leagues runs along the bottom right. A page number is printed in the upper right corner, showing that the plate was cut for a book.

Juan Fernández lies in the Pacific off Chile and was a refuge for ships rounding Cape Horn. Anson's men recovered there after the long passage, and the island later became linked with Alexander Selkirk's stay.

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