Antique Map of South America by Tirion 'circa 1765'
€ 500
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1765
Sheet size
40 × 46 cm (15.7 × 18.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12826-1
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: Repairs on a few tears and folding line flattened. General age-related toning, repairs on a few tears. Folding line flattened. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
South America, titled in Dutch "Kaart van het Onderkoningschap van Peru, zig uitstrekkende over Chili, Paraguay en andere Spaansche Landen: als ook van Brazil en verdere Bezittingen van Portugal in Zuid-Amerika," an original map published by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam, dated 1765. The sheet is printed in black with outline color in green, yellow and pink, and a colored border.
The title is set in a plain cartouche at the lower left, with the Roman date MDCCLXV beneath it. The map covers most of South America, from Peru and the Pacific in the west to Brazil on the east, with the Spanish viceroyalty, Chile, Paraguay and the Portuguese lands each in its own color. The northern parts of Venezuela and Colombia are cut off by the upper edge. An inset at the lower right shows the southern tip of the continent with Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan. The Pacific is lettered "De Zuid Zee," and a scale in German miles appears at the right.
The map is a detailed and attractive Dutch view of the continent in the middle of the eighteenth century.
