Catalog Archive
Auction 192, Lot 374
Print View

"A Chart of the Coast of South America from Anegada Bay to Cape Horn and from Cape Horn to Baldivia", Senex, John

Subject: Southern South America

Period: 1728 (published)

Publication: Atlas Maritimus & Commercialis…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.9 x 19.9 inches
60.7 x 50.5 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This is a very rare sea chart depicting the southern part of South America. The chart is crisply engraved with sparse details but clearly shows the straights of Magellan and Le Maire and the shipping passage around Cape Horn. Falkland Sound is shown but the islands are incomplete. Three large compass roses and rhumb lines orient the chart and are its only embellishment.

References:

Condition: B+

A dark impression with light offsetting and minor foxing. There are a few wormholes in the upper blank margin.

Estimate: $400 - $475

Sold for: $300

Closed on 4/26/2023

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap