Antique Print of Zihuatanejo and the harbor of Acapulco by Anson (c.1760)

Name: Antique Print of Zihuatanejo and the harbour of Acapulco by Anson (c.1760)
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BGI-00488
Price: 250 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1760
Kind: City Views & Plans
Technique: Engraved
Size: 27.5 × 42.3 cm (10.8 × 16.7 in)
Condition: Good. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Mexico
Reference: BGI-00488

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 of the Mexican Pacific shore, an engraving from a Dutch edition of George Anson's "Reize rondsom de Werreld", published around 1760. The upper view is titled in French "Vue de l'Entrée de Chequetan ou Seguataneo, restant au N.E. à la distance de 5 Milles", with a Dutch caption beneath, and shows the approach to Zihuatanejo. The lower view is "Vue de l'Entrée du Port d'Acapulco", with its Dutch caption "Gezigt van den Ingang van de Haven van Acapulco". The plate is numbered at the upper left and lettered "D" at the lower right.

Each view is a long, narrow strip. The upper view shows a high, serrated mountain range above a calm sea, with two ships visible low on the water at the right. The lower view shows the darker hills of the Acapulco coast, with a ship under sail at the left and a smaller one at the center.

Anson's circumnavigation of 1740 to 1744 was aimed at Spanish possessions in the Pacific. Acapulco was the port where the Manila galleons ended their crossing, and the profiles here were made so that other ships could recognize the landfall.

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