Antique Map of Puerto San Julian in Patagonia, 1749

Name: Antique Map of Puerto San Julian in Patagonia, 1749
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11589-3
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1749
Kind: Maps
Size: 26.5 × 21 cm (10.4 × 8.3 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear, some foxing. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Argentina
Reference: BG-11589-3

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

The harbor of Puerto San Julián on the coast of Patagonia, titled "Plan van de Haven van St. Juliaan op de Kust van Patagonia" in Dutch and "Plan du Port St. Julien, sur la Côte des Patagons" in French. The sheet is an original copper engraving from the Dutch edition of the account of George Anson's voyage around the world, Reize rondsom de Werreld, published in 1749, and carries the plate number "N° 4".

The chart shows a sea of waves, a large compass rose with rhumb lines, and the sandy shoreline and island of the bay with soundings marked at the entrance. A lettered key beneath the plan, in both languages, identifies the places by letter: the bar, the channel, the island, the anchorage, the river and the landing place for boats, and gives the latitude as 49 degrees 30 minutes south. The scale bar of "Milles d'Angleterre" lies at the lower left.

Anson's squadron put in at San Julián in 1741 on its way into the Pacific, and the plan was drawn to help later ships find the same anchorage.

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