Chincha Islands Antique Lithograph 1865 – Map & Coastal Scene, Peru

Name: Chincha Islands Antique Lithograph 1865 – Map & Coastal Scene, Peru
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14032-18
Price: 605 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Kind: Maps
Size: 51.4 × 32.4 cm (20.2 × 12.8 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition. Minor age toning in margins with a few small scattered foxing spots. Image areas clean with strong impressions. Plate mark visible, wide margins preserved.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14032-18

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

Plan and view of the Chincha Islands off the southern coast of Peru, original lithographs on one sheet from Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán's Atlas Geográfico del Perú, published in Paris in 1865, printed in sepia tints. The upper image is lettered "Plano de las Islas de Chincha" and the lower "Vista de las Islas de Chincha".

The plan shows the three principal islands as small, rugged outlines with soundings, rocks and tiny lettered notes, along with a compass mark at the upper right. The view below looks across open water to the long, steep-sided mass of the islands, with sailing ships and smaller boats clustered along the foot of the cliffs and a few birds in the sky.

The Chincha Islands held the guano deposits that made the fertilizer trade a pillar of the Peruvian economy in the mid-19th century, and pairing a chart with a prospect of the islands shows how they were approached by ship. The atlas, printed in Paris by Lemercier, was the first comprehensive national atlas of Peru, combining maps, plans and views of its cities, ports and landscapes.

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