Subject: South America
Period: 1767 (published)
Publication: A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels
Color: Black & White
Size:
11.6 x 7.4 inches
29.5 x 18.8 cm
This handsome map of the continent shows the mythical L. de los Xarayes and the ruins of Xeres, Ciudad Real, and La Concepcion. The Pampas are located in northern Terra Magellanica, to the northwest of the Desert Coast. Peru stretches from Quito south to the Atacama region in present-day Chili. At bottom left there is a ornate title cartouche with an adjacent vignette of an Indigenous figure hammering a barrel shut. Published in Edward Cavendish Drake's A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels.
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Condition: B+
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with two small holes along the equator and a few faint spots of foxing.