Attractive map of Venezuela featuring the topography of the land. Ornate cartouche on top edge surrounded by cherubs in water. Decorative windrose highlighted in the centre. Small inset on bottom right hand corner of local natives and their livestock at a water trough.

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 28.5 / 14 x 11

Handsome map of north-eastern South America from Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela to the mouth of the Amazon. Like many maps of the time it shows the non-existent ‘Lake Parima’, between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 50 / 23½ x 19½

Attractive map of northern South America from Ecuador to the mouth of the Orinoco. Title cartouche at top left. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low ...

Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 18.5 / 11½ x 7½

Attractive map of Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador. Title located at bottom right with scale below.

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 34 / 19½ x 13½

A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 26 / 13 x 10