Antique Map of Peru and the Amazon by Herman Moll with Galapagos, c.1709

Name: Antique Map of Peru and the Amazon by Herman Moll with Galapagos, c.1709
Brand: Herman Moll
SKU: BG-14303-24
Price: 335 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1709
Maker: Herman Moll
Kind: Maps
Size: 31 × 20 cm (12.2 × 7.9 in)
Condition: Good. Good, given its age. General age-related toning, light foxing and minor handling wear. Please study the images carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14303-24

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

Peru and the Amazon region in an original copperplate-engraved map by Herman Moll, from A System of Geography, published in London around 1709. The sheet is printed in black and white with no color, and carries a page number, "290", and the running chapter heading "Chap. XIII. Of the Kingdom of Peru" above the map.

The map shows the west coast of South America under "The South Sea" and "Pacific Sea", with the Andes, the colonial divisions labeled "Audience of Quito", "Audience of Lima" and "Audience of Charcas", and the Amazon system spread across the interior as a web of rivers. Large areas are marked "Part of Terra Firma", "Part of La Plata" and "Part of Brasil", and the Amazon basin is lettered "The Land of the Amazones, Little Known". The title cartouche at the lower right reads "Peru and the Amazones Country. H. Moll Fecit". An inset at the lower left shows "The Gallapagos Islands".

Below the map, two columns of descriptive text on the geography and climate of Peru continue the printed page. Moll was one of the leading London mapmakers of his day.

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