Original Antique Plan of Lima and View of Potosí by A. & J. Churchill, c.1744

Name: Original Antique Plan of Lima and View of Potosí by A. & J. Churchill, c.1744
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14303-31
Price: 490 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1744
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 40.7 × 25 cm (16 × 9.8 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition considering its age. General age-related toning, occasional foxing and minor handling wear. Please study the image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14303-31

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

A plan of Lima above a view of Potosí, an original copperplate engraving published in London around 1744 in A Collection of Voyages and Travels by Awnsham and John Churchill. The two images share one sheet: "A Plan of Lima" in the upper half, and "Potosi" below.

The plan shows the walled capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru as a grid of blocks within a bastioned outline, with the Rímac River crossing the upper part of the sheet. A key of thirty numbered entries below the plan names the principal sites, including the Royal Square, the Royal Palace, the Cathedral, the Inquisition, markets, hospitals and city gates. In the lower view, the cone of Cerro Rico rises above the town of Potosí, with a windmill and workers with a cart in the left foreground and low buildings spread across the plain. A caption lettered A to D names the mountain, the town, and the mills for grinding and cleaning the ore.

Cerro Rico's silver made Potosí one of the richest cities of the Spanish Empire; it lies in present-day Bolivia, but was then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.

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