Antique Map of South America by J. Cook, 1775

Name: Antique Map of South America by J. Cook, 1775
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11487-9
Price: 645 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1775
Kind: Maps
Size: 48 × 53 cm (18.9 × 20.9 in)
Condition: Good. Minor structural damages. General age-related toning. Repaired tear in the lower part of the map. Minor wear, please study images carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: South America
Reference: BG-11487-9

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 southern tip of South America in the Dutch edition of Captain Cook's voyage account, "Kaart van het Zuidlyk Eind van Amerika," dated 1775 in the title. The engraved sheet carries a plate number at the upper right, with the track of the voyage drawn in dotted lines and outline color along the coasts.

The map shows Patagonia and Chile at the left, the Strait of Magellan and the broken island coast of Tierra del Fuego ("Terra del Fuego of het Vuurland") along the lower left, and the Falkland Islands ("Falklands Eilanden") in pink at the right. Soundings are marked along the coast, bays and capes are lettered, and a compass rose with radiating lines stands at the center. An inset at the lower right shows "Nieuw Jaars Eil.," the New Year's Islands, beside Staten Land.

The map concentrates on Cook's tracks around Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego in 1775, as recorded on his second voyage, and comes from a Dutch translation of the official account of the expedition.

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