Bougainville's Claim in the Magellan Straits, circa 1767

Name: Bougainville's Claim in the Magellan Straits, circa 1767
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13597-72
Price: 180 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1767
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 37.5 × 22.5 cm (14.8 × 8.9 in)
Condition: Fair. Fair. Overal light toning and soiling with one bigger brown spot touching the image. Aged paper with typically warm, yellowish-brown hue, mostly around the edges. Study the images carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Argentina, Chile
Reference: BG-13597-72

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

"M. Bougainville hoisting French Colors on a small Rock, in Maghellan Streights", an original copper engraving published in London by Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms, No. 16 Paternoster Row, as the imprint at the top of the sheet reads. The title is lettered on a plaque beneath the image, and the picture is set inside a tall architectural frame with a scrolled top.

Three officers in tricorn hats and long coats stand on a rocky islet, one holding up the flag marked with the French arms while two raise their hats. At the left a boat full of men is drawn up below the rock, and a large sailing ship lies at anchor beyond. The scene shows the French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville claiming ground in the Strait of Magellan during his expedition of 1766 to 1769, which was the first French circumnavigation of the globe.

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