Blaeu Map of Peru, Antique Hand-Colored Engraving, South America 1642

€ 4 850

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1642
Sheet size: 50 × 59 cm (19.7 × 23.2 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: HP-093

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

Good condition for its age. Original central fold as issued. Light overall toning consistent with age. Minor wear and faint staining in the margins. Edges slightly irregular. Colors remain strong and attractive. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Peru in the viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire, a map titled "Peru" with a long coast on the Pacific, published by Willem and Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam around 1642 in their atlas Toonneel des Aerdrycx. It is an original copper engraving with hand color in red, green and yellow.

The map covers the coast of the Pacific, "Mar del Zur", from near the equator, marked "Linea Aequinoctialis" at the left, down past the Tropic of Capricorn at the right. The Andes run through the interior as rows of pictorial mountains, a large lake lies in the north-east, and the coastline is crowded with ports and place names. Regions of the interior bear such names as Moias, Pacamores and Manca Peru. Three Dutch ships under sail, a pair of sea monsters and a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north point fill the ocean.

The title is set in a strapwork cartouche at the upper left in a red and purple frame, with a scale bar beneath, and the Blaeu imprint "Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit" appears at the lower right.