Original Antique Engraving of an Inca Palace in Peru by Jorge Juan & Ulloa, 1748

Name: Original Antique Engraving of an Inca Palace in Peru by Jorge Juan & Ulloa, 1748
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14303-37
Price: 365 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1748
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 26.5 × 36.5 cm (10.4 × 14.4 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition considering its age, except for the area outside the framing area. Original center fold as issued. General age-related toning, occasional light foxing and minor handling wear. Please study the image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14303-37

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

An Inca fortress or palace seen from above, an original copperplate engraving from Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa's Relación Histórica del Viaje a la América Meridional, published in Madrid in 1748. The plate is numbered "Lámina XIX" at the upper right, with a page number at the upper left.

The view is a bird's-eye perspective of a large rectangular stone enclosure with thick walls. Inside, a series of internal walls divide the space into courts and chambers, and at the far end a circular tower rises from a round platform. Letters mark the parts of the complex for the key in the text. A river winds around the walls through a rocky valley, and mountains fill the background, with trees and small plants at the lower corners. Across the top, a banner held up by two spread-winged eagles carries a Spanish inscription beginning "Vista y Perspectiva de la Fortaleza y Palacio que los Reyes Incas...", identifying the ruins.

Juan and Ulloa traveled in Peru and Ecuador between 1735 and 1745 as members of the French-Spanish Geodesic Mission. Their work was among the earliest to publish accurate views of Inca stonework.

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