Antique Map of Tracks of Anson's Ships around South America & Cape Horn, 1749

Name: Antique Map of Tracks of Anson's Ships around South America & Cape Horn, 1749
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11589-2
Price: 730 USD
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Date: 1749
Kind: Maps
Size: 55 × 50 cm (21.7 × 19.7 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Original folding lines. Minor wear, some foxing. Small repair in left margin, slightly affecting image. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: South America
Reference: BG-11589-2

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

Kaart van het Zuidelykste Gedeelte van Zuider Amerika, an original copper engraving from the Dutch edition of George Anson's Reize rondsom de Werreld, published in 1749. The chart is lettered in Dutch and French, with the French title reading "Carte de la Partie Meridionale de l'Amerique Meridionale avec la Route du Centurion."

The map traces the track of Anson's ship Centurion from the island of Santa Catarina, on the Brazilian coast, round Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn and up the coast of Chile to the island of Juan Fernández. Notes on currents, soundings and compass variation are set along the route, and the Strait of Le Maire and the lands around Tierra del Fuego are named. The long coast of Chile runs along the left, with "Terre des Patagons ou Patagonie" lettered across the southern tip and the Rio de la Plata and Brazil at the top. A compass rose sits at the upper left, and a title block with the Dutch and French titles fills the lower right corner.

Anson sailed in 1740 with orders to attack Spanish possessions in the Pacific, and the passage round the Horn was the hardest part of the voyage. The published account of his voyage was among the best-selling travel books of its century.

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