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Auction 180, Lot 372

"Le Paraguay ou les RR. PP. de la Compagnie de Jesus ont Repandu Leurs Missions", Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Subject: Central South America, Paraguay

Period: 1733 (dated)

Publication: Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12 x 11.7 inches
30.5 x 29.7 cm
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This attractive and detailed map of the central part of South America shows Jesuit missions as well as topography, rivers, and towns. The map extends from Lake Titicaca to Sao Paulo, and to Chile and the mouth of the La Plata. The La Plata is mapped with much detail, but incorrectly with its source in a Laguna de Los Xareyes. The map is based on the cartography of D'Anville in 1733 and was first published in a Jesuit report circa 1781.

References: Phillips (Maps) p. 665.

Condition: A

A crisp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with light foxing and soiling along the edges of the sheet. Closed trimmed on binding side with a tiny tear that just enters the border, repaired with archival tape on verso.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $110

Closed on 11/18/2020

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