Antique Map of a Bay on the Coast of Chile, South America, c.1749
€ 320
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1749
Sheet size
27 × 36 cm (10.6 × 14.2 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11589-5
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.
Condition
General age-related toning. Original folding lines. Minor wear, some foxing. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
A bay and harbor on the coast of Chile, an original copper engraving from the Dutch edition of George Anson's Reize rondsom de Werreld (Voyage Round the World), published in 1749. The plan is lettered in two languages: in Dutch, "Plan van een Baai en Haven aan de Kust van Chili, ontdekt door een Proviand Schip van 't Esquadron van den Kommandeur Anson in de Zuid-Zee, 1741," and in French, "Plan d'une Baye de la Côte du Chili, découverte par un des Vaisseaux d'Avitaillement de l'Escadre de Mr. Anson, en 1741."
The harbor is drawn as a broad curve of water enclosed by hachured hills and mountains on three sides. Soundings are scattered across the bay, sailing directions are lettered along the tracks marked on the water, and small ships ride at anchor. A compass rose with crossed rhumb lines sits at the center, and a scale of English miles runs along the top right. Across the water an island is lettered, upside down, as the one opposite, called Inchin by the Indians.
Anson's squadron sailed into the Pacific in 1740 to attack Spanish possessions, and the supply ship that found this anchorage was one of its vessels. The plan is one of the working charts that made his published narrative so valuable to navigators.
