Antique Plan of the City of Paita in Peru, by Anson, 1749

Name: Antique Plan of the City of Paita in Peru, by Anson, 1749
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11589-10'
Price: 300 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1749
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 27 × 42 cm (10.6 × 16.5 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Original folding lines. Minor wear, some foxing. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-11589-10'

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 town of Paita on the northern coast of Peru, shown in an original copper engraving from the Dutch edition of George Anson's voyage, Reize rondsom de Werreld, published in 1749. The plan is lettered in Dutch and French: "Plan van de Stad Paita in het Koninkryk Santa Fee" and "Plan de la Ville de Paita dans le Royaume de Santa Fe", with the latitude given as about 5 degrees 11 minutes south.

The town is drawn in a simple grid of rectangular blocks laid out between the sea at the bottom and the dry hills at the back, with the principal square at the center and two churches on the left beyond the town. A line of roads runs out across the open ground at the left toward the water, and the scale is given in fathoms and Rhenish roods in a bar below the town. A key of letters A to F at the foot of the sheet explains the places marked.

Anson's squadron attacked and burned Paita in November 1741, and the plan records the town as it stood at that time.

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