"[Untitled Globe Gore - Rio de la Plata]", Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

This large, attractive globe gore of southern South America extends from Tierra del Fuego north to Lake Titicaca, including most of present-day Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay and parts of Chile, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. The river systems are well defined from the Rio de la Plata to the mythical Lago de los Xarayes. There are a number of animals depicted throughout, including jaguars, llamas, and snakes, as well as some African animals that clearly don't belong, such as lions, elephants, and ostriches. There is also a scene of giant Natives armed with bows and arrows, spears, and a club fighting Europeans armed with a long musket. This gore was created for a 42" terrestrial globe.

Vincenzo Coronelli was a Franciscan priest and renowned mathematician and cartographer. He was appointed official Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 and founded the world's earliest geographic society, L'Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti.

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Condition: B+

A dark impression with foxing and soiling that is mostly confined to the blank margins.