"La Terre et les Isles Magellaniques Tirees des Relations les Plus Recentes", Sanson/Mariette

An uncommon map of Patagonia, southern Chile, and Tierra del Fuego. Buenos Aires and the mouth of the La Plata are in the northernmost part of the map. The Andes are shown pictorially, and eleven volcanoes are noted and named. The Desaguadero River is located, showing a tentative watershed and lake. The title cartouche is festooned with fruit amidst rococo curves. This map is quite rare as it was not included in Sanson's Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde until the 1670 edition.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON V E [217].

Condition: A

A fine impression with contemporary outline color and later color in cartouche, on a bright sheet with a large coat of arms watermark. There is marginal foxing and some printer's creases at left, with a couple just crossing into map image at bottom left.