"Peru", Jansson, Jan

A large compass rose orients north to the left on this map of the Empire of Peru. It 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 large cartouche incorporates both the title and the distance scales and is decorated with sea shells. The sheet is further decorated with four Spanish galleons and three sea monsters. This map is one of the many similar maps that were produced by Jansson and Blaeu. English text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #9820:1.

Condition: B

Nice impression in full contemporary color with a dampstain along the centerfold, light show-through of text on verso, and hinge tape along the top edge of the sheet on recto. There are archival repairs to a short tear that enters 1.5" into the image at top and to a centerfold separation confined to the bottom blank margin.