Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1749
Mapmaker / artist
G. Anson (Artist)
Technique
Engraved
Sheet size
53 × 52 cm (20.9 × 20.5 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BGI-00209
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
Repaired: Repair around the compass rose. Minor defects, repair around the compass rose. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Southern South America and the track of Commodore George Anson's ship the Centurion, an engraved chart from the Dutch edition of Anson's voyage, "Reize rondsom de Werreld," published in 1749. The title appears in Dutch and French: "Kaart van het Zuidelykste Gedeelte van Zuider Amerika" and "Carte de la Partie Meridionale de l'Amerique Meridionale," with a note describing the Centurion's route from Santa Catarina Island to Juan Fernandez, and the currents encountered off Cape Horn.
The chart covers the long coast of Chile and Patagonia, La Plata, the Terre des Patagons, Tierra del Fuego and the Falklands, with Juan Fernandez at the upper left. Dotted tracks of the ships and daily positions are lettered along the route, with notes on winds and currents, and a compass rose stands in the left margin.
George Anson (1697 to 1762) of the Royal Navy was given command of a squadron in 1740 with orders to attack Spanish possessions and intercept a Spanish treasure galleon trading across the Pacific from Acapulco to the Philippines. His passage around Cape Horn was a notable hardship, and the capture of the galleon Nuestra Senora de Covadonga made him wealthy for life.
