Antique Map of Peru in South America by Blaeu, circa 1645
€ 750
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1645
Technique
Engraved
Sheet size
46 × 57 cm (18.1 × 22.4 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-12825
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 line. Some waterstains, slightly affecting image. Few small holes in bottom margin. French text on verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Peru and the coast of the Pacific, titled "Peru" in a decorative cartouche, an original engraved map published by W. Blaeu of Amsterdam, circa 1645. The sheet carries original hand color in green, blue, pink and yellow, with a colored border.
The ornate strapwork title cartouche stands at the upper left. The coast runs diagonally from the upper right to the lower left, with the Pacific lettered "Mar del Zur" across the open water, where three sailing ships, two sea-monsters and a compass rose with lines of rhumb radiating from it fill the empty sea. Along the left edge the "Linea Aequinoctialis" is marked and the Tropic of Capricorn at the right. The Andes are drawn in profile across the interior, with rivers and lakes picked out at the top, and towns and provinces are named across the sheet, among them Pacamores, Moias and Mana. The Amsterdam imprint of Blaeu is lettered at the lower right.
Blaeu's maps of the New World were standard reference sheets in the Dutch atlases of the seventeenth century.
