Antique Mexico Map Blaeu c.1642 – New Spain, Early Colonial Detail

Name: Antique Mexico Map Blaeu c.1642 – New Spain, Early Colonial Detail
Brand: Blaeu
SKU: HP-085
Price: 6995 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1642
Maker: Blaeu
Kind: Maps
Size: 50 × 59 cm (19.7 × 23.2 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with age-related toning. Original center fold as issued. Light discoloration and minor wear at the margins, consistent with age. Paper remains strong and stable. A well-preserved and attractive impression.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Mexico
Reference: HP-085

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 map of Mexico and the viceroyalty of New Spain titled "Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia", an original copper engraving with hand color, published by Willem Blaeu in his atlas Toonneel des Aerdrycx around 1640 to 1642. It is a fine example of the map as it was drawn by the Blaeu workshop.

The map takes in the Pacific coast of Mexico, from the Gulf of California at the upper left to the isthmus at the right edge, with the interior covered in a dense network of rivers, lakes and hundreds of small place names. The Valley of Mexico with its lakes sits in the center, and Guadalajara, Zacatecas and Michoacán are marked. Two sailing ships and a compass rose with its radiating rhumb lines fill the Pacific at the lower left.

The large title cartouche at the upper right is surmounted by the crowned Spanish royal arms, with two allegorical figures as supporters, one holding a spear and the other a banner, and a scale cartouche with cherubs sits at the lower right. Original outline color picks out the coast, the provincial borders and the ornament.

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