Rare Antique Map of the Rio De La Plata, Buenos Ayres, Brazil, ca.1760

Name: Rare Antique Map of the Rio De La Plata, Buenos Ayres, Brazil, ca.1760
Brand: Guillaume Delisle
SKU: PCT-58776
Price: 530 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1760
Maker: Guillaume Delisle
Kind: Maps
Size: 20.7 × 36 cm (8.1 × 14.2 in)
Condition: Good. Good, given age. A few tiny unobtrusive spots. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: Argentina
Reference: PCT-58776

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 Rio de la Plata, an original antique chart published in Amsterdam by Isaak Tirion around 1760. The Dutch title reads "De Ingang van Rio de la Plata, Waar aan de Stad Buenos Ayres ligt, in Zuid-Amerika." The engraved sheet is finished in hand color, with the coastlines in green and red.

The estuary fills the sheet, lettered "Rivier de la Plata," with the Atlantic, "De Oceaan," at the right. Soundings are scattered through the water, and shoals such as the Bank Ortiz and the English and French Banks are shaded in. On the north shore the Baay van Montevideo and the Baay van Maldonado are named, together with Cabo Santa Maria. On the southern shore, Buenos Aires stands near the head of the river. A compass rose sits in the middle of the estuary and a scale of twenty miles is set in the title box. A small inset at the lower left shows the Baay van Maldonado in detail.

For ships bound from Europe, the Rio de la Plata was the gateway to Spanish Argentina and Paraguay, and Buenos Aires was the chief port on its southern shore.

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