Tabula Geographica Peruae, Braziliae & Amazonum Regionis. - Carte de la Terre Ferme du Perou, du Bresil, et du Pays des Amazones. - Tabula Geographica Paragiae, Chilis, Freti a Magellanici & c. - Carte du Paraguay, Du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan & c.

An extraordinary example of a c. 1730 two map set depicting South America. This is Covens and Mortier's c. 1730 reissue of Guillaume de L'Isle's magnificent c. 1708 map of this region. The northern sheet covers from Costa Rica and Barbados south roughly to the Tropic of Capricorn or more precisely 50 degrees south latitude. Southern sheet covers roughly from 18 degrees south latitude south to Tierra del Fuego. Both maps are notable for their extraordinary condition with a dark strong impression on clean white paper. Early 18th century maps rarely appear in this superb condition. The northern sheet of this set, like most early maps of the area, contrasts a detailed mapping of the coast with a speculative discussion of the interior, particularly the Amazon Basin. Offers a fairly accurate mapping of both the east and west coasts with exceptional detail in the populated Andean regions of Columbia, Ecuador (Labeled Quito), and Peru. Notes Cuzco, Lima, Quito, Valladolid, Arequipa, Trujillo and other important trading centers of the region. In Portuguese controlled Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, San Salvador and San Sebastian are noted. Lake Maracaibo, in modern day Venezuela, is slightly malfor

Date

c. 1730

Place

South America

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

3,423 × 6,000 pixels

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