Antique Print with Views of Staten Island and Tierra Del Fuego, 1749

Name: Antique Print with Views of Staten Island and Tierra Del Fuego, 1749
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11589-31
Price: 280 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, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Argentina
Reference: BG-11589-31

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 views of the Strait of Le Maire and Staten Island, at the southern tip of South America, an original copper engraving from the Dutch edition of George Anson's voyage, Reize rondsom de Werreld, published in 1749. The upper view is lettered "De Straat Le Maire tusschen Tierra del Fuego en Staaten Land" and the lower "De Westzyde van 't Staaten Eiland."

The upper panel shows the strait itself, with a line of ships of Anson's squadron sailing in column along a low shore on the left, broken and rocky peaks at the right, and a squall shown as slanting rain beneath a heavy cloud. The lower panel shows the western end of Staten Island, a long, jagged ridge on the horizon with a single ship under sail close by and another ship entering from the right.

Staten Island, now the Isla de los Estados, lies off the eastern tip of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. Ships bound for the Pacific in the eighteenth century made the dangerous run through the Strait of Le Maire to begin the passage round Cape Horn, and Anson's squadron followed that route.

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