Antique Map-ACAPULCO-PORT-MEXICO-PACIFIC-CENTRAL AMERICA-Prevost-Schley-1750

Price: € 44,50

Subject: Map : 'Plan du port d'Acapulco sur la CÃ´te du Mexique dans la Mer du Sud.' (Plan of the Port of Acapulco on the Pacific coast of Mexico). With title cartouche, scale and legend.

Condition: Fine. General age related toning. Damp stained in lower part. Small tears in right and bottom margin.

Medium: Copperplate engraving on a verge type of paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 20 x 25.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 21 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.9 x 10 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 8.3 inch.

Part Number: 24564

Location: A6-06

Description: This original antique print is taken from 'Histoire des Voyages..', by Prevost ca. 1750. Engraving by Jan van Schley.

Artists and Engravers: Jan van Schley, Dutch engraver. Johan Nieuhoff (1618 - 1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China.