Antique Map of South America by G. Anson, 1749

Name: Antique Map of South America by G. Anson, 1749
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BGI-00209
Price: 390 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1749
Maker: G. Anson (Artist)
Kind: Maps
Technique: Engraved
Size: 53 × 52 cm (20.9 × 20.5 in)
Condition: Good. Repaired: Repair around the compass rose. Minor defects, repair around the compass rose. Please study images carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: South America
Reference: BGI-00209

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

Southern South America and the track of Commodore George Anson's ship the Centurion, an engraved chart from the Dutch edition of Anson's voyage, "Reize rondsom de Werreld," published in 1749. The title appears in Dutch and French: "Kaart van het Zuidelykste Gedeelte van Zuider Amerika" and "Carte de la Partie Meridionale de l'Amerique Meridionale," with a note describing the Centurion's route from Santa Catarina Island to Juan Fernandez, and the currents encountered off Cape Horn.

The chart covers the long coast of Chile and Patagonia, La Plata, the Terre des Patagons, Tierra del Fuego and the Falklands, with Juan Fernandez at the upper left. Dotted tracks of the ships and daily positions are lettered along the route, with notes on winds and currents, and a compass rose stands in the left margin.

George Anson (1697 to 1762) of the Royal Navy was given command of a squadron in 1740 with orders to attack Spanish possessions and intercept a Spanish treasure galleon trading across the Pacific from Acapulco to the Philippines. His passage around Cape Horn was a notable hardship, and the capture of the galleon Nuestra Senora de Covadonga made him wealthy for life.

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