Guarme. (Peru)

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  SKU: 64396

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam,

• MEDIUM: Copper engraving,

  DATE: 1673

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 x 6 3/8" (12.5 x 16.2 cm) plus text.

• DESCRIPTION: From Die Unbekante Neue Weereld, the German edition of Arnoldus Montanus’ landmark 1671 work on the Americas. This engraved view depicts the coastal town of Huarmey, Peru, then known as Guarme, situated along the Pacific shoreline north of Lima. The composition captures the settlement and its harbor with European ships offshore, reflecting seventeenth-century Dutch curiosity about Spanish colonial ports and the geography of Peru’s maritime trade routes.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 9 x 13 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

• REFERENCE: Howes #D59.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Central - South America, and the West Indies , South America