Subject: Southern South America
Period: 1723 (published)
Publication: The Compleat Geographer
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.3 x 6.4 inches
18.5 x 16.3 cm
This detailed copper engraved map shows the southern tip of South America with Tierra del Fuego, Le Maire Strait, and a partial outline of the Falkland Islands. It includes an inset of the fictitious Peypses Islands and a numbered table of locations along the Strait of Magellan. Decorated with a simple block style title cartouche. On a full sheet of English text measuring 8.8 x 13.4".
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MOLL-1e.
Condition: B+
A nice impression on watermarked paper with light foxing.