Antique Print of Cape Saint Maria and Tierra del Fuego 'Argentino' by Anson

Name: Antique Print of Cape Saint Maria and Tierra del Fuego 'Argentino' by Anson
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BGI-00487
Price: 255 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1760
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 27.5 × 40.3 cm (10.8 × 15.9 in)
Condition: Good. Please study image carefully.
Places: Argentina
Reference: BGI-00487

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

Two coastal views from the voyage of George Anson around the world, an engraving from a Dutch edition of Anson's "Reize rondsom de Werreld", published around 1760. The captions are in Dutch: "Kaap Sint Maria aan 't begin van de Straat Magellaan" and "Een gedeelte der N.O. Zyde van Tierra del Fuego aan het inkomen van de Straat le Maire". The plate is numbered "N°. 6" at the upper left.

The sheet is divided into two long, narrow strips. In the upper view, a line of ships of the squadron stands off a low, level coast at the entrance to the Strait of Magellan. The lower strip shows a stretch of the northeast side of Tierra del Fuego, with the squadron in a row in the foreground and the jagged peaks of the land low on the horizon behind.

Anson's squadron sailed in 1740 and he returned to England in 1744, having circled the globe. The engraved coastal profiles were meant as sailing aids, allowing later navigators to recognize landfalls on the passage around the tip of South America.

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