Subject: Southern South America, Chile
Period: 1684 (circa)
Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
3.9 x 5.6 inches
9.9 x 14.2 cm
This decorative miniature map depicts the western coast of South America with the Patagonia mountain range flanking the coast. It extends into present-day Argentina, here called Pays des Environs de la Plata, and shows unengraved areas of Peru, including an unnamed Lake Titicaca. Santiago, Mendoza, Valparaiso, and Concepcion are identified. Blank verso.
References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 152-53; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with very minor toning.