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Map of Guiana
Nicolas Sanson.

Paris, c.1692. Guyana, Surinam and French Guyiana, with the mythical Lac Parime and El Dorado. Engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0075
£150.00

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Early view of Cayenne
Churchill.

London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1746 View of the town of Cayenne (in present-day French Guiana) showing the fort, here named Fort Saint Lewis. A key names the Governor's House and the King's Warehouse, etc. Also shown are several native American boats or pirogues. Engraved by John Kip for Churchill's 'A collection of voyages and travels'.
CHUR0008
£95.00

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Map of the colony of Cayenne in French Guiana
Thomas Jefferys.

London, 1760. Published during the Seven Years' War (1756-63), Cayenne was a potential target for British forces intent on driving the French from America.
JEFF0004
£250.00

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Chart of the Coasts of Guiana
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, 1757. The Guyanas.
BELL0025
£49.00

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Guyana
John Tallis.

London & New York, John Tallis & Co., c.1855. Guyana map with engraved vignette scenes, including a prospect of Georgetown.
TALL0042
£75.00

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Important Map of the Straits of Magellan.
Jodocus Hondius.

Amsterdam, 1623. Detailed chart of the Magellan Straits, reflecting their importance at the time, being the only known sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is decorated with three large strapwork cartouches, one each for the title, scale and coastal profile, a large compass rose over Terra del Fuego, sealions (with manes) ships and sea-monsters. A classic map.
HOND0044
£725.00

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Chart of the Straits of Magellan
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, c.1753. Detailed chart of the Straits. after the survey of Labat, who spent seven months in the area with Beauchesne in 1699.
BELL0102
£98.00

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Map of Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina
Nicolas Sanson.

Paris, c.1692. Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0077
£150.00

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Map of Uruguay
Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Paris, 1756. Uruguay and part of Argentina, with Montevideo & Buenos Aires.
BELL0059
£85.00

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Map of Tierra del Fuego, with the Straits of Magellan
Extrémité Méridionale de l'Amerique.

Paris: 1778. With five insets, including one of Le Maire's Strait after Captain Cook, 1769.
BONN0028
£150.00

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Argentina map & Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay
John Arrowsmith.

London, 1842. Detailed map of South America from southern Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay to Patagonia, with an inset of Tierra del Fuego. Issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation.
ARRO0006
£150.00

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Miniature map of Peru
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, c.1683. Also including Ecuador.
MALL0070
£68.00

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Peruvian native costume
Alain Manesson Mallet.

Paris, c.1683. Two Peruvian warriors, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0117
£68.00

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Map of southern Peru and Bolivia
Gilles Robert de Vaugondy.

Paris, 1749. Southern Peru and Bolivia.
ROBE0043
£58.00

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Detailed map of Peru
John Cary.

London, c.1815. A colourful map of Peru.
CARY0026
£56.00

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Map of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
Anonymous.

French, c.1840. A map of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation, linking the 'Republic of South Peru' with Bolivia, 1836-39. It collapsed after an invasion by Chile.
ANON0024
£35.00

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Map of Peru and Bolivia
John Tallis.

London: London Printing and Publishing Company, c.1855. Decorative map of Peru and Bolivia, still showing the Bolivian corridor to the sea, lost during the War of the Pacific (1879-83). The decorative vignettes include views of Lima and Potosi, Bolivia's mountain of silver.
TALL0065
£89.00

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View of South Georgia
W. Hodges.

London: Strahan & Cadell, 1777. View of the glaciers on South Georgia, drawn by Hodges, the offical artist on Captain Cook's second voyage around the world.
HODG0001
£225.00

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Early view of South Georgia
Capt. James Cook.

Amsterdam, c.1785. A view of Possession Bay on South Georgia, with the glaciers, drawn 1775. This illustration comes from a Dutch edition of the official account of Cook's Second Voyage, on which he circumnavigated the island, made the first landing, claiming the territory for Britain and naming it in honour of King George III.
COOK0021
£195.00

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View of Paramaribo in Suriname
John Gabriel Steadman.

London: J. Johnson, 1794. View of Paramaribo from across the Suriname River, published in Captain Steadman's ' Expedition to Surinam, being the Narrative of a Five Year Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Year 1772 to 1777 '.
STED0001
£195.00

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