Antique Print-COASTAL VIEWS-SANTA CATHARINA ISLAND-CATARINA-BRASIL-Anson-1765

Etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 41 x 25 cm. The image size is ca. 37.5 x 22.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 16.1 x 9.8 inch. The image size is ca. 14.8 x 8.9 inch.

Plate no.1: ‘Vue de la cote de N.E. de l’Isle de Ste. Catharine sur la cote du Bresil.’ – ‘Vue de l’entree septentrionale du port de Ste. Catharine.’ (View of the coast of the N.E. of the St. Catharina Island near the coast of Brazil. View of the entrance of the septentrional port of St. Catharina.) 2 Coastal views with the ships that were part of the voyage of George Anson around the world. Santa Catarina Island (Portuguese: Ilha de Santa Catarina) is an island in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. This original auhentic plate originates from: ‘Reize rondom de werreld, Gedaan in de jaaren 1740 tot 1744, door den Heere George Anson …’, 3rd. Ed., published in Leiden and Amsterdam in 1765, translated into Dutch from the 1748 first English ed. by Richard Walter. (A voyage round the world … by George Anson …) Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740. Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (1697 -1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years’ War. Anson commanded the small British squadron sent at the beginning of the war with Spain to harass the Spaniards on the west coast of South America and cut off their supplies of wealth from the Pacific. Disasters and hardships plagued the expedition. most of the ships were lost around Cape Horn, and on the Chilean coast, and of a crew of 960, less than 350 survived. Eventually the Centurion alone was left, but Anson persevered and succeeded in capturing a gold-laden Spanish galleon near Manila. The prize he earned as a result settled his fortune for life. This is the official account of his voyage of circumnavigation, compiled from Anson’s journals by Richard Walter, chaplain on board the Centurion, and revised by Benjamin Robins.Artists and Engravers: No engraver or cartographer indicated on this plate. Engravers in the originating work include Jacob Folkema (Dutch 1692-1767), Jakob van der Schley (Dutch 1715-1779) and Frans de Bakker (Dutch 1720-?, fl 1736-1767).

Condition: General age related toning and ocassional light soiling. Original fold lines as issued. Ocassional very small tears in paper edges. Light ghosting from text pages of originating work. Please study scan carefully

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-COASTAL VIEWS-SANTA CATHARINA ISLAND-CATARINA-BRASIL-ANSON

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