Copper Engraved Map of Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan, c1780

Name: Copper Engraved Map of Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan, c1780
Brand: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
SKU: PCT-57895
Price: 405 USD
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Date: circa 1780
Maker: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Kind: Maps
Size: 31 × 47 cm (12.2 × 18.5 in)
Condition: Good. Given age. Irregular edges as issued with an occasinal small tear. Two vertical creases near middle fold. Original middle fold as issued. Four tiny pinholes along the middle fold. General age-related toning, occasional minor defects.
Places: Argentina, Chile
Reference: PCT-57895

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.

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About this piece

Extrémité Méridionale de l'Amérique, an original copper engraved map of Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan by Rigobert Bonne, engraved by André, from the Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre, c.1780. The title is lettered in a cartouche at the lower center, and the sheet carries a reference to Cook's third voyage in the upper left corner.

The main map shows the southern tip of the continent with Patagonia to the north, the Strait of Magellan winding across the top, and the islands of Tierra del Fuego below, with Staten Island and the Cape Horn region at the lower right, around a large compass rose. Five inset maps, framed in the corners and along the bottom, give detailed plans of harbors and channels with soundings and anchorages, among them the Canal de Noël and the coast north of Cap des Vierges, as well as the Isles de Nouvel An (New Year's Islands).

Rigobert Bonne (1727 to 1795) was one of the most important cartographers of his time. In 1773 he succeeded Jacques Bellin as hydrographer at the Dépôt de la Marine, and his maps are noted for their detail and for their plain, utilitarian aesthetic.

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