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Hondius/Blaeu, 1635 Peru Beautifully engraved map based on the cartography of Hessel Gerritsz. The
Hondius/Blaeu, 1635 Peru Beautifully engraved map based on the cartography of Hessel Gerritsz. The map covers the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador as far south as the Atacama Desert in the northern reaches of Chile. It includes the Potosi silver mines, Titicaca, Cusco, Quito and numerous other towns and villages. The dramatic strapwork cartouche incorporates both the title and the distance scales. A large compass rose orients the map with north to the left. It is further decorated with four Spanish galleons and three sea monsters. This is one of the plates that Blaeu acquired from the widow of Jodocus Hondius in 1629. French text on verso. 19.4" W x 14.9" H Original color on bright, watermarked paper with wide margins. There are professional repairs to a short centerfold separation and to a small hole to the right of the compass rose.
Hondius/Blaeu, 1635 Peru Beautifully engraved map based on the cartography of Hessel Gerritsz. The map covers the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador as far south as the Atacama Desert in the northern reaches of Chile. It includes the Potosi silver mines, Titicaca, Cusco, Quito and numerous other towns and villages. The dramatic strapwork cartouche incorporates both the title and the distance scales. A large compass rose orients the map with north to the left. It is further decorated with four Spanish galleons and three sea monsters. This is one of the plates that Blaeu acquired from the widow of Jodocus Hondius in 1629. French text on verso. 19.4" W x 14.9" H Original color on bright, watermarked paper with wide margins. There are professional repairs to a short centerfold separation and to a small hole to the right of the compass rose.
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