Old Views of Cabo Santa Maria & Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 1749

Name: Old Views of Cabo Santa Maria & Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 1749
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11589-29
Price: 215 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, Chile
Reference: BG-11589-29

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

The entrance to the Strait of Magellan and the coast of Tierra del Fuego, with the ships of Anson's squadron, 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 "Kaap Sint Maria aan 't begin van de Straat Magellaan" and the lower "Een gedeelte der N.O. zyde van Tierra del Fuego aan het inkomen van de Straat Le Maire."

Each panel is a long horizontal profile of the coast, with the sailing ships drawn in a line across the middle distance. In the upper panel a low shoreline lies beyond seven ships, which are shown with their sails set, and in the lower panel a row of five or six ships passes in front of a chain of low hills and rocky peaks. The skies are filled with detailed cloud forms.

Anson's squadron of six ships sailed from England in 1740 and passed the Strait of Le Maire in the following year, in a long and difficult run toward Cape Horn. This sheet records the arrival at the southern tip of the continent.

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