Antique Print with views of Staten Island and Tierra del Fuego by Anson (c.1760)

Name: Antique Print with views of Staten Island and Tierra del Fuego by Anson (c.1760)
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BGI-00490
Price: 235 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1760
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 25.8 × 40.5 cm (10.2 × 15.9 in)
Condition: Good. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Argentina
Reference: BGI-00490

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 near Cape Horn 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: "De Straat Le Maire tusschen Tierra del Fuego en Staaten Land" and "De Westzyde van 't Staaten Eiland". The plate is numbered "N°. 7" at the upper left.

The sheet is divided into two long, narrow strips. The upper view shows a line of ships under sail in the strait, with the broken coast of Tierra del Fuego low at the left and the mountains of Staten Land (Isla de los Estados) at the right, under a dark squall. In the lower view, a serrated row of peaks marks the west side of Staten Island on the horizon, with two sailing ships on the open sea.

Anson's squadron sailed in 1740 and returned in 1744, and passed through the Strait Le Maire before rounding Cape Horn. Coastal profiles of this kind were engraved so that later navigators could identify these landfalls.

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