Antique Map of Peru by van der Aa, 'circa 1720'

Name: Antique Map of Peru by van der Aa, 'circa 1720'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12274
Price: 775 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1720
Kind: Maps
Technique: Engraved
Size: 38 × 48.5 cm (15 × 19.1 in)
Condition: Good. Minor wear, blank verso. Few tiny wormholes to the bottom margin. Please study images carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-12274

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 Pacific coast of South America, an original engraved map titled "Le Perou, Grand Pays de l'Amerique Meridionale (..)", published by Pieter van der Aa of Leiden in the early 18th century (dated circa 1720). The sheet is printed in black on a wide-margined sheet, with no color.

The map covers Peru with portions of Ecuador, northern Chile and Bolivia. It is turned so that north lies to the left: the coast runs diagonally across the sheet, and the open sea, lettered "Mar del Zur", fills the lower right, crossed by rhumb lines radiating from a compass rose. Mountains are drawn as rows of small pictorial hills, and place names crowd the coastline. Inland, Lake Titicaca is prominently shown, together with the Carangas silver mines, and regional names such as Pacamores and Juan de Salinas appear in the interior.

The title cartouche at the upper left is lavishly decorated. Figures in native dress and a European in hat and coat stand beside the title block, with animals, mermaids and European flags and weaponry grouped around it. The publisher's imprint is engraved below the title.

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