Antique Plan of Plan of St. Julian's Harbour on the Coast of Patagonia

Name: Antique Plan of Plan of St. Julian's Harbour on the Coast of Patagonia
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12934-4
Price: 325 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1763
Kind: Maps
Size: 22.5 × 19.5 cm (8.9 × 7.7 in)
Condition: Fair. Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning. Thin paper, partly trimmed. Original folding lines. Few small tears, slightly affecting image. Blank verso, please study images carefully.
Places: Argentina
Reference: BG-12934-4

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

St. Julian's Harbor on the coast of Patagonia, an original antique plan titled "Plan des Hafens St. Iulian auf der Küste von Patagonien", from a German edition of Lord George Anson's Voyage around the World, published in 1763. The engraved sheet is lightly hand colored and bears the page number 96 and the plate number 1 at the top.

The plan shows the harbor entrance, a sandbank, small islands, salt pans and a creek, drawn over a green and yellow ground with hill symbols across the surrounding land. Soundings are given in small figures along the channels, a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis stands at the left, and a scale of English miles runs along the lower edge. The printed caption gives the position as 49 degrees 30 minutes south latitude and 70 degrees 41 minutes west of London, and a lettered key explains the marks: A the sandbank at the harbor entrance, B the island "der guten Gerechtigkeit", C the rough island, D the salt pans where the crew gathered their salt, F small channels, and G the landing place for boats, with the depths given at three-quarter ebb.

Anson's squadron put in at this harbor in 1741 during the voyage round the world, and the account of that voyage was widely translated in the eighteenth century.

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