Paraquaria Vulgo Paraguay Cum adjacentibus (1658)

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Paraquaria Vulgo Paraguay Cum adjacentibus

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Registrado por Adriano Koboyama

DESCRIPTIONThis rare, superb Blaeu map is one of the finest maps of the lower Rio de la Plata, and the first map to name the Uruguay River. It covers what is now Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, and part of Chile in magnificent detail, illustrating the complicated regional river system, Argentina´s endoheiric lakes, and other bodies of water appear. Some, for example the Lago de los Caracaras flowing into the Corriente River, depict areas accurately that remain poorly mapped today. (The Caracaras would appear to be the Itatí Lagoon.) Mountains and highlands are shown pictorially. Numerous settlements and missions are named. With the assistance of a key in the lower left, one is able to differentiate indigenous settlements from Spanish cities (both extant and ruined,) clerical schools, Jesuit missions (both extant and ruined,) and Franciscan missions.

An Important Geographical Advance

O Blaeu Atlas Novus continha ao longo de sua longa história de publicação um mapa da região central da América do Sul, Paraguai, o Prov. De Rio De La Plata cum regionalibus adiacentibus. Embora fosse um belo mapa por si só, era ao mesmo tempo mais amplo em escala e mais primitivo em detalhes do que o presente trabalho. O novo mapa de Joan Blaeu centrou-se mais nitidamente na região a sul do paralelo 20, e fê-lo com muito mais detalhes granulares - o que só pode ter sido fornecido pelas missões jesuítas aí estabelecidas.

Assim, justificadamente, este mapa tem sido considerado um marco há muito tempo. O diplomata e estudioso brasileiro José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior listou-o entre importantes documentos históricos relativos à história das fronteiras sul-americanas na submissão de seu país à arbitragem dos Estados Unidos do tratado de setembro de 1889 entre o Brasil e a República Argentina. Desse mapa, Paranhos disse:

O primeiro mapa em que o Rio Uruguai aparece com este nome é aquele que os Jesuítas do Paraguai ofereceram ao Padre Carafa, Prefeito Geral da Companhia de Jesus de 1645 a 1649. Foi gravado em Amsterdã por Gerard Coeck para o Volume XI do Atlas. Maior de Joan Blaeu, publicado em Amsterdã no ano de 1662.

É muito valioso e o melhor dos mapas jesuítas para estudar a história das missões no século XVII e compreender os textos de Duran, Montoya, Techo e outros jesuítas, e muito interessante pela abundância de informação geográfica que apresenta para o primeiro época, indicando todas as grandes características de grande parte do interior da América do Sul.

Além disso, o mapa é uma obra lindamente gravada, com cartelas elegantemente emolduradas, florestas e montanhas retratadas pictoricamente e dois veleiros finamente executados. O mapa inclui uma dedicatória, em verso, a Vincenzo Carafa (1585 - 1649), sétimo Superior Geral da Companhia de Jesus. (Não se sabe se a dedicatória foi feita durante a vida do Superior Geral, ou se foi uma despedida acrescentada por Blaeu após a morte do gravador do mapa.)

Publication History and Census

O mapa foi gravado por Gerard Coeck por ordem de Joan Blaeu, o que deixa inexplicável o intervalo de mais de dez anos entre a morte de Coeck em 1645 e a primeira aparição deste mapa no atlas no Atlas Novus holandês de 1658. Está entre os mapas mais raros de Blaeu, aparecendo em apenas uma edição do Atlas Novus e posteriormente nas quatro edições de sua obra-prima Atlas Maior. Após a destruição pelo fogo da firma Blaeu em 1672, esta placa estava entre as vendidas a outros cartógrafos.

We have not seen, but are aware of reference to a 1688 issue of this map by De Ram (no plate change noted). The plate was thereafter acquired by London mapmaker Christopher Browne, who removed Blaeu´s imprint and added his own. As early as 1700 the plate returned to Amsterdam to be put in service by Peter Mortier. This c. 1690 Browne issue is the scarcest acquirable state. We see no examples of this map in OCLC (with Browne´s imprint but lacking those of Mortier or Covens and Mortier). Eight Mortier editions are so listed. Only ten examples with the Blaeu imprint are listed in institutional collections.

CARTOGRAPHERSJoan (Johannes) Blaeu (September 23, 1596 - December 21, 1673) was a Dutch cartographer active in the 17th century. Joan was the son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu, founder of the Blaeu firm. Like his father Willem, Johannes was born in Alkmaar, North Holland. He studied Law, attaining a doctorate, before moving to Amsterdam to join the family mapmaking business. In 1633, Willem arranged for Johannes to take over Hessel Gerritsz´s position as the official chartmaker of the Dutch East India Company, although little is known of his work for that organization, which was by contract and oath secretive. What is known is his work supplying the fabulously wealthy VOC with charts was exceedingly profitable. Where other cartographers often fell into financial ruin, the Blaeu firm thrived. It was most likely those profits that allowed the firm to publish the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, their most significant and best-known publication. When Willem Blaeu died in 1638, Johannes, along with his brother Cornelius Blaeu (1616 - 1648) took over the management of the Blaeu firm. In 1662, Joan and Cornelius produced a vastly expanded and updated work, the Atlas Maior, whose handful of editions ranged from 9 to an astonishing 12 volumes. Under the brothers´ capable management, the firm continued to prosper until the 1672 Great Amsterdam Fire destroyed their offices and most of their printing plates. Johannes Blaeu, witnessing the destruction of his life´s work, died in despondence the following year. He is buried in the Dutch Reformist cemetery of Westerkerk. Johannes Blaeu was survived by his son, also Johannes but commonly called Joan II, who inherited the family´s VOC contract, for whom he compiled maps until 1712. More by this mapmaker...Gerard Coeck (1608-1645) was a Dutch engraver. Nothing is known of his training, and he died young at 37. Nevertheless, he was prolific, producing maps for Joan Blaeu, Pieter Goos, Jan Jansson, and Claes Janssen Visscher. Much of his output appears to have languished beyond his death. The map of Paraguay he engraved for Blaeu, for example, did not appear in an atlas until 1658. Many of his engravings remained in print unchanged well into the 18th century, a testament to the quality of his work. Learn More...Christopher Browne (fl. c. 1688 – 1712) was a British map seller, book seller, and publisher active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Browne apprenticed with Robert Walton whose business he took over in 1688. Little is known of Browne´s life but he issued several maps in concert with the Overtons, Herman Moll, and Robert Morden. Brown appears to have retired in 1712, relocating to Chilthorne Domer, a picturesque village in Somerset, England. According to Worms and Baynton-Williams he was still alive as of 1737. Learn More...CONDITIONVery good. Reinforced at centerfold and some areas of wear. Else excellent condition with generous margins and fine hand color. No verso text.REFERENCESOCLC 1107103417 (Mortier 1706 issue). Rumsey 10017.655 (Blaeu 1665). cf. Van der Krogt, P. C. J., Koeman´s Atlantes Neerlandici, #9900:2B.ABOUT GEOGRAPHICUSWe are specialist dealers in fine and rare antiquarian cartography and historic maps of the 15th through 19th centuries. A large portion of our constantly growing and changing inventory of authentic antique maps is available here in our online gallery for your study and enjoyment. Here at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps we are passionate collectors and students of historic maps as well as dealers. As you browse our online gallery of rare maps you will enjoy some of the highest resolution images and most thoroughly researched studies of our individual offerings available anywhere. We are pleased to share our knowledge and experience with interested individuals and institutions.OUR SERVICESMedia & PressRestorationAppraisalsHave a map to Sell?Mailing ListHELPFUL LINKSAbout GeographicusCartographer BiographiesUpcoming EventsAntique Map BlogAcquisition PolicyTerms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicySite MapMap ResourcesContact UsBlack Lives MatterCONTACT923 Putnam Ave Brooklyn, NY 11221 (map)646-320-8650Email UsCopyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps | Geographicus Rare Antique MapsGeographicus Rare Antique MapsThis copy is copyright protected.Copyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique MapsACCOUNTCONTACTMY CARTSearch…AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED - We sell only original antique maps.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps 646-320-8650| ORDERS| MY ACCOUNT0 SHOPPING CARTShopping CartYour cart is currently empty.NEW INVENTORY WORLD MAPS W. HEMISPHERE E. HEMISPHERE MAPS BY TYPE SPECIAL MAPS Home/ Antique Maps of the Americas/ Antique Maps of South America/ 1690 Browne / Blaeu Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, and ArgentinaThis item has been sold, but you can get on the Waitlist to be notified if another example becomes available, or purchase a digital scan.GET ON WAITLISTBUY DIGITAL IMAGE1690 Browne / Blaeu Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, and ArgentinaParaguay-blaeu-1658Extremely Rare Imprint of one of Blaeu´s Rarest Maps. TITLEParaquaria Vulgo Paraguay Cum adjacentibus. 1658 (undated) 17.5 x 21.5 in (44.45 x 54.61 cm) 1 : 5000000DESCRIPTIONThis rare, superb Blaeu map is one of the finest maps of the lower Rio de la Plata, and the first map to name the Uruguay River. It covers what is now Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, and part of Chile in magnificent detail, illustrating the complicated regional river system, Argentina´s endoheiric lakes, and other bodies of water appear. Some, for example the Lago de los Caracaras flowing into the Corriente River, depict areas accurately that remain poorly mapped today. (The Caracaras would appear to be the Itatí Lagoon.) Mountains and highlands are shown pictorially. Numerous settlements and missions are named. With the assistance of a key in the lower left, one is able to differentiate indigenous settlements from Spanish cities (both extant and ruined,) clerical schools, Jesuit missions (both extant and ruined,) and Franciscan missions.An Important Geographical AdvanceThe Blaeu Atlas Novus had throughout its long publication history contained a map of central South America, Paraguay, o Prov. De Rio De La Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus. While a beautiful map in its own right, it was both broader in scale and more primitive in its detail than the present work. Joan Blaeu´s new map focused more sharply on the region south of the 20th parallel, and did so in far more granular detail - which can only have been provided by the Jesuit missions established there. Thus, justifiably, this map has long been considered a milestone. The Brazilian diplomat and scholar José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior listed this among important historical documents pertaining to the history of South American borders in his country´s submission to the United States´ arbitration of the September 1889 treaty between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. Of this map, Paranhos said:The first map on which the Uruguay River appears under this name is the one the Jesuits of Paraguay offered to Father Carafa, General Prefect of the Society of Jesus from 1645 to 1649. It was engraved in Amsterdam by Gerard Coeck for Volume XI from the Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu, published in Amsterdam in the year 1662. It is very valuable and the best of the Jesuit maps for studying the history of the Missions in the 17th century and understanding the texts of Duran, Montoya, Techo and other Jesuits, and very interesting for the abundance of geographic information it presents for the first time, indicating all the great features of much of the interior of South America.The map is moreover a beautifully engraved work, with elegantly framed cartouches, pictorially rendered forests and mountains, and two finely-executed sailing ships. The map includes a dedication, in verse, to Vincenzo Carafa (1585 - 1649), the seventh Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. (It is unknown whether the dedication was made during the Superior-General´s life, or whether it was a valedictory added by Blaeu after the death of the map´s engraver.)Publication History and CensusThe map was engraved by Gerard Coeck at the order of Joan Blaeu, which leaves unexplained the gap of over ten years between Coeck´s death in 1645 and the first atlas appearance of this map in the 1658 Dutch Atlas Novus. It is among the rarest of Blaeu´s maps, appearing in only one edition of the Atlas Novus and thereafter in the four editions of his masterpiece Atlas Maior. Following the destruction by fire of the Blaeu firm in 1672, this plate was among those sold to other mapmakers. We have not seen, but are aware of reference to a 1688 issue of this map by De Ram (no plate change noted). The plate was thereafter acquired by London mapmaker Christopher Browne, who removed Blaeu´s imprint and added his own. As early as 1700 the plate returned to Amsterdam to be put in service by Peter Mortier. This c. 1690 Browne issue is the scarcest acquirable state. We see no examples of this map in OCLC (with Browne´s imprint but lacking those of Mortier or Covens and Mortier). Eight Mortier editions are so listed. Only ten examples with the Blaeu imprint are listed in institutional collections.CARTOGRAPHERSJoan (Johannes) Blaeu (September 23, 1596 - December 21, 1673) was a Dutch cartographer active in the 17th century. Joan was the son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu, founder of the Blaeu firm. Like his father Willem, Johannes was born in Alkmaar, North Holland. He studied Law, attaining a doctorate, before moving to Amsterdam to join the family mapmaking business. In 1633, Willem arranged for Johannes to take over Hessel Gerritsz´s position as the official chartmaker of the Dutch East India Company, although little is known of his work for that organization, which was by contract and oath secretive. What is known is his work supplying the fabulously wealthy VOC with charts was exceedingly profitable. Where other cartographers often fell into financial ruin, the Blaeu firm thrived. It was most likely those profits that allowed the firm to publish the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, their most significant and best-known publication. When Willem Blaeu died in 1638, Johannes, along with his brother Cornelius Blaeu (1616 - 1648) took over the management of the Blaeu firm. In 1662, Joan and Cornelius produced a vastly expanded and updated work, the Atlas Maior, whose handful of editions ranged from 9 to an astonishing 12 volumes. Under the brothers´ capable management, the firm continued to prosper until the 1672 Great Amsterdam Fire destroyed their offices and most of their printing plates. Johannes Blaeu, witnessing the destruction of his life´s work, died in despondence the following year. He is buried in the Dutch Reformist cemetery of Westerkerk. Johannes Blaeu was survived by his son, also Johannes but commonly called Joan II, who inherited the family´s VOC contract, for whom he compiled maps until 1712. More by this mapmaker...Gerard Coeck (1608-1645) was a Dutch engraver. Nothing is known of his training, and he died young at 37. Nevertheless, he was prolific, producing maps for Joan Blaeu, Pieter Goos, Jan Jansson, and Claes Janssen Visscher. Much of his output appears to have languished beyond his death. The map of Paraguay he engraved for Blaeu, for example, did not appear in an atlas until 1658. Many of his engravings remained in print unchanged well into the 18th century, a testament to the quality of his work. Learn More...Christopher Browne (fl. c. 1688 – 1712) was a British map seller, book seller, and publisher active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Browne apprenticed with Robert Walton whose business he took over in 1688. Little is known of Browne´s life but he issued several maps in concert with the Overtons, Herman Moll, and Robert Morden. Brown appears to have retired in 1712, relocating to Chilthorne Domer, a picturesque village in Somerset, England. According to Worms and Baynton-Williams he was still alive as of 1737. Learn More...CONDITIONVery good. Reinforced at centerfold and some areas of wear. Else excellent condition with generous margins and fine hand color. No verso text.REFERENCESOCLC 1107103417 (Mortier 1706 issue). Rumsey 10017.655 (Blaeu 1665). cf. Van der Krogt, P. C. J., Koeman´s Atlantes Neerlandici, #9900:2B.ABOUT GEOGRAPHICUSWe are specialist dealers in fine and rare antiquarian cartography and historic maps of the 15th through 19th centuries. A large portion of our constantly growing and changing inventory of authentic antique maps is available here in our online gallery for your study and enjoyment. Here at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps we are passionate collectors and students of historic maps as well as dealers. As you browse our online gallery of rare maps you will enjoy some of the highest resolution images and most thoroughly researched studies of our individual offerings available anywhere. We are pleased to share our knowledge and experience with interested individuals and institutions.OUR SERVICESMedia & PressRestorationAppraisalsHave a map to Sell?Mailing ListHELPFUL LINKSAbout GeographicusCartographer BiographiesUpcoming EventsAntique Map BlogAcquisition PolicyTerms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicySite MapMap ResourcesContact UsBlack Lives MatterCONTACT923 Putnam Ave Brooklyn, NY 11221 (map)646-320-8650Email UsCopyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps | Geographicus Rare Antique MapsShareThis Copy and PasteThis copy is copyright protected. Copyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps× ACCOUNTCONTACTMY CART AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED - We sell only original antique maps. 646-320-8650| ORDERS| MY ACCOUNT 0 SHOPPING CART Shopping Cart Your cart is currently empty. NEW INVENTORY WORLD MAPS W. HEMISPHERE E. HEMISPHERE MAPS BY TYPE SPECIAL MAPS Home/ Antique Maps of the Americas/ Antique Maps of South America/ 1690 Browne / Blaeu Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina This item has been sold, but you can get on the Waitlist to be notified if another example becomes available, or purchase a digital scan. GET ON WAITLIST BUY DIGITAL IMAGE 1690 Browne / Blaeu Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina Paraguay-blaeu-1658 Extremely Rare Imprint of one of Blaeu´s Rarest Maps. TITLE Paraquaria Vulgo Paraguay Cum adjacentibus. 1658 (undated) 17.5 x 21.5 in (44.45 x 54.61 cm) 1 : 5000000 DESCRIPTION This rare, superb Blaeu map is one of the finest maps of the lower Rio de la Plata, and the first map to name the Uruguay River. It covers what is now Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, and part of Chile in magnificent detail, illustrating the complicated regional river system, Argentina´s endoheiric lakes, and other bodies of water appear. Some, for example the Lago de los Caracaras flowing into the Corriente River, depict areas accurately that remain poorly mapped today. (The Caracaras would appear to be the Itatí Lagoon.) Mountains and highlands are shown pictorially. Numerous settlements and missions are named. With the assistance of a key in the lower left, one is able to differentiate indigenous settlements from Spanish cities (both extant and ruined,) clerical schools, Jesuit missions (both extant and ruined,) and Franciscan missions. An Important Geographical Advance The Blaeu Atlas Novus had throughout its long publication history contained a map of central South America, Paraguay, o Prov. De Rio De La Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus. While a beautiful map in its own right, it was both broader in scale and more primitive in its detail than the present work. Joan Blaeu´s new map focused more sharply on the region south of the 20th parallel, and did so in far more granular detail - which can only have been provided by the Jesuit missions established there. Thus, justifiably, this map has long been considered a milestone. The Brazilian diplomat and scholar José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior listed this among important historical documents pertaining to the history of South American borders in his country´s submission to the United States´ arbitration of the September 1889 treaty between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. Of this map, Paranhos said: The first map on which the Uruguay River appears under this name is the one the Jesuits of Paraguay offered to Father Carafa, General Prefect of the Society of Jesus from 1645 to 1649. It was engraved in Amsterdam by Gerard Coeck for Volume XI from the Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu, published in Amsterdam in the year 1662. It is very valuable and the best of the Jesuit maps for studying the history of the Missions in the 17th century and understanding the texts of Duran, Montoya, Techo and other Jesuits, and very interesting for the abundance of geographic information it presents for the first time, indicating all the great features of much of the interior of South America. The map is moreover a beautifully engraved work, with elegantly framed cartouches, pictorially rendered forests and mountains, and two finely-executed sailing ships. The map includes a dedication, in verse, to Vincenzo Carafa (1585 - 1649), the seventh Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. (It is unknown whether the dedication was made during the Superior-General´s life, or whether it was a valedictory added by Blaeu after the death of the map´s engraver.) Publication History and Census The map was engraved by Gerard Coeck at the order of Joan Blaeu, which leaves unexplained the gap of over ten years between Coeck´s death in 1645 and the first atlas appearance of this map in the 1658 Dutch Atlas Novus. It is among the rarest of Blaeu´s maps, appearing in only one edition of the Atlas Novus and thereafter in the four editions of his masterpiece Atlas Maior. Following the destruction by fire of the Blaeu firm in 1672, this plate was among those sold to other mapmakers. We have not seen, but are aware of reference to a 1688 issue of this map by De Ram (no plate change noted). The plate was thereafter acquired by London mapmaker Christopher Browne, who removed Blaeu´s imprint and added his own. As early as 1700 the plate returned to Amsterdam to be put in service by Peter Mortier. This c. 1690 Browne issue is the scarcest acquirable state. We see no examples of this map in OCLC (with Browne´s imprint but lacking those of Mortier or Covens and Mortier). Eight Mortier editions are so listed. Only ten examples with the Blaeu imprint are listed in institutional collections. CARTOGRAPHERS Joan (Johannes) Blaeu (September 23, 1596 - December 21, 1673) was a Dutch cartographer active in the 17th century. Joan was the son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu, founder of the Blaeu firm. Like his father Willem, Johannes was born in Alkmaar, North Holland. He studied Law, attaining a doctorate, before moving to Amsterdam to join the family mapmaking business. In 1633, Willem arranged for Johannes to take over Hessel Gerritsz´s position as the official chartmaker of the Dutch East India Company, although little is known of his work for that organization, which was by contract and oath secretive. What is known is his work supplying the fabulously wealthy VOC with charts was exceedingly profitable. Where other cartographers often fell into financial ruin, the Blaeu firm thrived. It was most likely those profits that allowed the firm to publish the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, their most significant and best-known publication. When Willem Blaeu died in 1638, Johannes, along with his brother Cornelius Blaeu (1616 - 1648) took over the management of the Blaeu firm. In 1662, Joan and Cornelius produced a vastly expanded and updated work, the Atlas Maior, whose handful of editions ranged from 9 to an astonishing 12 volumes. Under the brothers´ capable management, the firm continued to prosper until the 1672 Great Amsterdam Fire destroyed their offices and most of their printing plates. Johannes Blaeu, witnessing the destruction of his life´s work, died in despondence the following year. He is buried in the Dutch Reformist cemetery of Westerkerk. Johannes Blaeu was survived by his son, also Johannes but commonly called Joan II, who inherited the family´s VOC contract, for whom he compiled maps until 1712. More by this mapmaker... Gerard Coeck (1608-1645) was a Dutch engraver. Nothing is known of his training, and he died young at 37. Nevertheless, he was prolific, producing maps for Joan Blaeu, Pieter Goos, Jan Jansson, and Claes Janssen Visscher. Much of his output appears to have languished beyond his death. The map of Paraguay he engraved for Blaeu, for example, did not appear in an atlas until 1658. Many of his engravings remained in print unchanged well into the 18th century, a testament to the quality of his work. Learn More... Christopher Browne (fl. c. 1688 – 1712) was a British map seller, book seller, and publisher active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Browne apprenticed with Robert Walton whose business he took over in 1688. Little is known of Browne´s life but he issued several maps in concert with the Overtons, Herman Moll, and Robert Morden. Brown appears to have retired in 1712, relocating to Chilthorne Domer, a picturesque village in Somerset, England. According to Worms and Baynton-Williams he was still alive as of 1737. Learn More... CONDITION Very good. Reinforced at centerfold and some areas of wear. Else excellent condition with generous margins and fine hand color. No verso text. REFERENCES OCLC 1107103417 (Mortier 1706 issue). Rumsey 10017.655 (Blaeu 1665). cf. Van der Krogt, P. C. J., Koeman´s Atlantes Neerlandici, #9900:2B. ABOUT GEOGRAPHICUS We are specialist dealers in fine and rare antiquarian cartography and historic maps of the 15th through 19th centuries. A large portion of our constantly growing and changing inventory of authentic antique maps is available here in our online gallery for your study and enjoyment. Here at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps we are passionate collectors and students of historic maps as well as dealers. As you browse our online gallery of rare maps you will enjoy some of the highest resolution images and most thoroughly researched studies of our individual offerings available anywhere. We are pleased to share our knowledge and experience with interested individuals and institutions. OUR SERVICES Media & Press Restoration Appraisals Have a map to Sell? Mailing List HELPFUL LINKS About Geographicus Cartographer Biographies Upcoming Events Antique Map Blog Acquisition Policy Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Site Map Map Resources Contact Us Black Lives Matter CONTACT 923 Putnam Ave Brooklyn, NY 11221 (map) 646-320-8650 Email Us Copyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps | Geographicus Rare Antique Maps This copy is copyright protected. Copyright © 2024 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps× ACCOUNTCONTACTMY CART AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED - We sell only original antique maps. 646-320-8650| ORDERS| MY ACCOUNT 0 SHOPPING CART Shopping Cart Your cart is currently empty. NEW INVENTORY WORLD MAPS W. HEMISPHERE E. HEMISPHERE MAPS BY TYPE SPECIAL MAPS Home/ Antique Maps of the Americas/ Antique Maps of South America/ 1690 Browne / Blaeu Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina This item has been sold, but you can get on the Waitlist to be notified if another example becomes available, or purchase a digital scan. GET ON WAITLIST BUY DIGITAL IMAGE 1690 Browne / Blaeu Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina Paraguay-blaeu-1658 Extremely Rare Imprint of one of Blaeu´s Rarest Maps. TITLE Paraquaria Vulgo Paraguay Cum adjacentibus. 1658 (undated) 17.5 x 21.5 in (44.45 x 54.61 cm) 1 : 5000000 DESCRIPTION This rare, superb Blaeu map is one of the finest maps of the lower Rio de la Plata, and the first map to name the Uruguay River. It covers what is now Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, and part of Chile in magnificent detail, illustrating the complicated regional river system, Argentina´s endoheiric lakes, and other bodies of water appear. Some, for example the Lago de los Caracaras flowing into the Corriente River, depict areas accurately that remain poorly mapped today. (The Caracaras would appear to be the Itatí Lagoon.) Mountains and highlands are shown pictorially. Numerous settlements and missions are named. With the assistance of a key in the lower left, one is able to differentiate indigenous settlements from Spanish cities (both extant and ruined,) clerical schools, Jesuit missions (both extant and ruined,) and Franciscan missions. An Important Geographical Advance The Blaeu Atlas Novus had throughout its long publication history contained a map of central South America, Paraguay, o Prov. De Rio De La Plata cum regionibus adiacentibus. While a beautiful map in its own right, it was both broader in scale and more primitive in its detail than the present work. Joan Blaeu´s new map focused more sharply on the region south of the 20th parallel, and did so in far more granular detail - which can only have been provided by the Jesuit missions established there. Thus, justifiably, this map has long been considered a milestone. The Brazilian diplomat and scholar José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior listed this among important historical documents pertaining to the history of South American borders in his country´s submission to the United States´ arbitration of the September 1889 treaty between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. Of this map, Paranhos said: The first map on which the Uruguay River appears under this name is the one the Jesuits of Paraguay offered to Father Carafa, General Prefect of the Society of Jesus from 1645 to 1649. It was engraved in Amsterdam by Gerard Coeck for Volume XI from the Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu, published in Amsterdam in the year 1662. It is very valuable and the best of the Jesuit maps for studying the history of the Missions in the 17th century and understanding the texts of Duran, Montoya, Techo and other Jesuits, and very interesting for the abundance of geographic information it presents for the first time, indicating all the great features of much of the interior of South America. The map is moreover a beautifully engraved work, with elegantly framed cartouches, pictorially rendered forests and mountains, and two finely-executed sailing ships. The map includes a dedication, in verse, to Vincenzo Carafa (1585 - 1649), the seventh Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. (It is unknown whether the dedication was made during the Superior-General´s life, or whether it was a valedictory added by Blaeu after the death of the map´s engraver.) Publication History and Census The map was engraved by Gerard Coeck at the order of Joan Blaeu, which leaves unexplained the gap of over ten years between Coeck´s death in 1645 and the first atlas appearance of this map in the 1658 Dutch Atlas Novus. It is among the rarest of Blaeu´s maps, appearing in only one edition of the Atlas Novus and thereafter in the four editions of his masterpiece Atlas Maior. Following the destruction by fire of the Blaeu firm in 1672, this plate was among those sold to other mapmakers. We have not seen, but are aware of reference to a 1688 issue of this map by De Ram (no plate change noted). The plate was thereafter acquired by London mapmaker Christopher Browne, who removed Blaeu´s imprint and added his own. As early as 1700 the plate returned to Amsterdam to be put in service by Peter Mortier. This c. 1690 Browne issue is the scarcest acquirable state. We see no examples of this map in OCLC (with Browne´s imprint but lacking those of Mortier or Covens and Mortier). Eight Mortier editions are so listed. Only ten examples with the Blaeu imprint are listed in institutional collections. CARTOGRAPHERS Joan (Johannes) Blaeu (September 23, 1596 - December 21, 1673) was a Dutch cartographer active in the 17th century. Joan was the son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu, founder of the Blaeu firm. Like his father Willem, Johannes was born in Alkmaar, North Holland. He studied Law, attaining a doctorate, before moving to Amsterdam to join the family mapmaking business. In 1633, Willem arranged for Johannes to take over Hessel Gerritsz´s position as the official chartmaker of the Dutch East India Company, although little is known of his work for that organization, which was by contract and oath secretive. What is known is his work supplying the fabulously wealthy VOC with charts was exceedingly profitable. Where other cartographers often fell into financial ruin, the Blaeu firm thrived. It was most likely those profits that allowed the firm to publish the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, their most significant and best-known publication. When Willem Blaeu died in 1638, Johannes, along with his brother Cornelius Blaeu (1616 - 1648) took over the management of the Blaeu firm. In 1662, Joan and Cornelius produced a vastly expanded and updated work, the Atlas Maior, whose handful of editions ranged from 9 to an astonishing 12 volumes. Under the brothers´ capable management, the firm continued to prosper until the 1672 Great Amsterdam Fire destroyed their offices and most of their printing plates. Johannes Blaeu, witnessing the destruction of his life´s work, died in despondence the following year. He is buried in the Dutch Reformist cemetery of Westerkerk. Johannes Blaeu was survived by his son, also Johannes but commonly called Joan II, who inherited the family´s VOC contract, for whom he compiled maps until 1712. More by this mapmaker... Gerard Coeck (1608-1645) was a Dutch engraver. Nothing is known of his training, and he died young at 37. Nevertheless, he was prolific, producing maps for Joan Blaeu, Pieter Goos, Jan Jansson, and Claes Janssen Visscher. Much of his output appears to have languished beyond his death. The map of Paraguay he engraved for Blaeu, for example, did not appear in an atlas until 1658. Many of his engravings remained in print unchanged well into the 18th century, a testament to the quality of his work. Learn More... Christopher Browne (fl. c. 1688 – 1712) was a British map seller, book seller, and publisher active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Browne apprenticed with Robert Walton whose business he took over in 1688. Little is known of Browne´s life but he issued several maps in concert with the Overtons, Herman Moll, and Robert Morden. Brown appears to have retired in 1712, relocating to Chilthorne Domer, a picturesque village in Somerset, England. According to Worms and Baynton-Williams he was still alive as of 1737. Learn More... CONDITION Very good. Reinforced at centerfold and some areas of wear. Else excellent condition with generous margins and fine hand color. No verso text. REFERENCES OCLC 1107103417 (Mortier 1706 issue). Rumsey 10017.655 (Blaeu 1665). cf. Van der Krogt, P. C. J., Koeman´s Atlantes Neerlandici, #9900:2B. ABOUT GEOGRAPHICUS We are specialist dealers in fine and rare antiquarian cartography and historic maps of the 15th through 19th centuries. A large portion of our constantly growing and changing inventory of authentic antique maps is available here in our online gallery for your study and enjoyment. 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