1st Nov, 2020 18:00
Books and Maps - Timed Auction
249
Four hydrographic charts of South America
Four Hydrographic Charts of South America,
the first: a blue back in two joined sheets, 'A New Chart of the West Coast of South America from Valparaiso to Lima including plans of the Principle Harbours drawn from the Best Spanish Surveys QC by J.W. Norie, Hydrographer 1822', with fifteen enlarged plans: Santa, Huacho, Casma, Chilca, Mollendo, Isly or Islay, Quiqua Ilo, Huasco or Guasco, the Harbour of Valparaiso, the Bay of Coquimbo and Port Herradura, the Road of Callao and Coast Adjacent, Quilca, the Cove of Quilca, the Road of Pisco, the Road of Arica, with seven shaded elevations, inscribed externally 'J.R. Mowat Valpariso to Calleo' and 'J.R. Mowat Valparaiso to Panama',
127 x 99.5cm., 50 x 39½ inches
the second: a blue back in three joined sheets, 'Coast of Brazil between Maranhao and Cape Frio, London, published by James Imray & Sons 1878', with ten enlarged plans of Cape Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Town and Road of Pernambuco, Fernando Noronha, Cape St. Roque, Abrolhos Channel, and seven various shaded elevations,
189 x 104.5cm., 74½ x 41½ inches
the third: a blue back in two joined sheets - 'A New Chart of the East and West Coasts of South America from the River Plate to Valparaiso, including the Falkland Islands and plans of the Principal Harbours &c, drawn from the latest Spanish and other Surveys by J.W. Norie, Hydrographer 1822', with eight enlarged plans of Conception, Valdivia, Port St. Carlos, Juan Fernandez, Port St. Elena, Port Melo, Rio Negro (Patagonia), Berkeley Sound, and eleven shaded elevations, inscribed externally (faintly) J.R. Mowat Valparaiso to Cape Horn (twice)
127 x 99cm., 50 x 39 inches
the fourth: 'Tierra del Fuego - South East Coast, Strait of Le Maire with Staten Island, Surveyed by Lieutenant G.N. Kendal, H.M.S. Chanticleer 1828 and Captain Robert Fitzroy and the Office(r)s of H.M.S. Beagle 1830-34', lower margin publication date 1892, with two enlarged plans of the Thetis Bay (from an Argentine sketch survey) and Port Cook, with two attached sheets of pencil navigation annotations, probably written by Mowat, 'In the Event of a vessel being wrecked or abandoned Westward of Cape Horn, the best course to Ushuwaia(sic) is Eastward of False Cape Horn, and through Ponsonby Sound where natives would be ready to pilot any shipwrecked men to Ushuwaia(sic)..... a great change has been effected in the character of the natives generally and Yahgan natives from Cape San Diego to Cape Horn ....... can be trusted'
114.5 x 68.5cm. 45 x 27 inches
Sold for £360
Condition Report
the first: two sheets partially detached, grubbiness all over, rolling creases, many dirty browned areas, especially top left corner, left margin lower left quarter
the second: good generally, some rolling creases, coloured positional dots, pencil navigational annotations, browning to some areas especially top margin
the third: poor condition, prominent rolling creases, overall grubbiness, dirty brown staining, pencil navigational annotations
the forth: folding creases, left margin has 13cm (5 inch) strip of browned grubbiness with foxing
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Auction: Books and Maps - Timed Auction, 1st Nov, 2020
Highlights from this 350 lot auction include the will and testament of William Walle, the 16th century English soldier and politician (estimate £800-1,200) and a lifetime copy of John Foxe’s (1517-87) ecclesiastical history, Actes and Monuments, better known as the Book of Martyrs (£2,000-3,000).
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