Rare and antique old maps of the South America
Presented to Farabee's Wife An interesting archive of maps drawn to illustrate William Farabee's first expedition to South America, to visit the indigenous peoples of Eastern Peru. Along with the maps enumerated below, the archive includes a book...
Fascinating map of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, centered on the capital city of Rosario. Surrounded by advertising.
Nice example of this important early map of the Straits of Magellan, predating the discovery of the Straits of Le Maire. Mercator's map is the earliest map of the Straits of Magellan to appear in a commercial atlas. It is also a rare example of a...
Striking map of the Straits of Magellan, with a large decorative compass rose. The map appeared in an early edition of the Mercator Hondius Atlas Minor.
Fine map illustrating the discovery of the Straits of Le Maire, as discovered in January 1616 by Le Maire and Schouten. This is De Bry's edition of the first printed map to detail the strait, showing the Magellan Strait and, further south, the route...
Rare early map of the area around the Straits of Magellan.
The Land of Giant Patagonians! Fine example of Willem Blaeu's map of the Straits of Magellan, Le Maire Strait, Fire Lands and the southern tip of Patagonia. The map is one of the earliest obtainable atlas maps of the Straits, preceded only by a map...
Nice example of the English edition of Hondius' map of the Straits of Magellan, Le Mair Strait, Fire Lands and the southern tip of Patagonia. The coastlines of Tierra del Fuego are incomplete. Fully engraved to show the mountainous terrain with no...
Blaeu’s Influential Map of Tierra del Fuego Showing the Important Strait of Le Maire Fine example of Willem Janszoon Blaeu's map of the Straits of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego (Magellanica)—the gateway to the Pacific during the seventeenth and...
The earliest obtainable Sea Chart of the Mouth of the Rio de la Plata (River Plate). Fine example of the first state of Robert Dudley's chart of the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, extending north to Uruguay, the earliest obtainable chart of the...
The Most Decorative Image of the Strait of Magellan from the Golden Age Fine example of the first state of Jansson's sea chart of the Southern tip of South America, illustrating Magellan's Strait and the recent discoveries of Jacques Le Maire. The...
Rare early map of the area around Lima in Peru, with a large inset map of Insula de Pescadores.
Fine example of Sanson's early regional map of the southern tip of South America, from P. de las Baixas and Port Desire in the east and the southern portion of Chile in the west, showing Magellanica in remarkable detail, including Staten land, Destroit...
Antique Map of the Rio de La Plata Basin Early Dutch edition of this detailed early map of the Rio de la Plata Region, showing Buenos Aires, the source of the Rio de la Plata and Paraguay Rivers and extending west to Chile and Peru. Many major cities...
A fine example of the 1760 Rome edition of Juan Francisco D'Avila's rare map of the Jesuit Provinces, first issued in 1726, and then corrected and enlarged in 1732 by Antonio Marchoni and reissued in Novelle interessanti in proposite degli affari del...
