Antique Map of Paraguay and Jesuit Missions by D’Anville, 1733
€ 490
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1733
Sheet size
35.9 × 31 cm (14.1 × 12.2 in)
Reference
BG-14078-39
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
Very good for age, with some light toning along fold lines and minor handling marks in margins. Central fold as issued. Paper is strong, with a well-defined plate mark visible, but left margin partly short.
About this sheet
Paraguay and the Jesuit missions of the Río de la Plata country, an original copper engraving after Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville and dated October 1733. The sheet is titled "Le Paraguay, ou les RR.PP. de la Compagnie de Jésus ont répandu leurs Missions, par le Sr. d'Anville, Géographe ordinaire du Roi, Octobre 1733."
The map covers the interior of the continent from Peru and the Andes at the left to the coast of Brazil at the right, with the River Plate at the lower edge. The Paraguay and Paraná are traced through the center in a web of tributaries, and the Jesuit missions and Spanish towns are marked with small symbols and names; a legend at the upper right distinguishes towns, destroyed missions and particular positions. The Indian peoples of the interior, such as the Tobas, Lengua, Zamucos and Guaycurus, are lettered in capitals across the Chaco. Boundaries between Spanish and Portuguese territory are drawn with different line styles, and relief is drawn pictorially. Three scales are given: Spanish leagues, German leagues and French leagues. A French text panel at the lower right explains how the map was compiled and why its distances differ from earlier maps.
D'Anville was geographer to the King of France, and the map is a record of the Jesuit reductions of Paraguay.
