Oceano Pacifico - California, Mexico; G. Anson / J. Lattre - Carte de la Mer du Sud ou Mer Pacifique [...] - 1721-1750

Map of the South Sea or Pacific Ocean between the Equator and 39.1/2 degrees North latitude.

Bella, uncommon nautical chart illustrating the trade routes between Acapulco (Mexico), Guam (Micronesia), and the Philippines, as stated in the French caption below the scene; specifically, it mentions the famous episode of the capture, by Lord George Anson (1697-1762), 'Commander in Chief of a squadron of His Majesty's Ships,' of a Spanish galleon loaded with gold near Manila, in 1743.

Extract from: A Voyage Round The World, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV by G. Anson, 1st edition London MDCCXLVIII (1748), which achieved enormous editorial success.

French title at the top right within a simple-shaped cartouche, an 8-point compass rose at the bottom left topped with a lily, frame with graduated margins, parallels and meridians to detail the map.

(Jean) Lattre carved

Etching and engraving on watermarked paper with double watermark, blank verso, good margins (the lower one reinforced with a strap), usual editorial folds (the central one is not original), upper left corner torn and repaired, some reinforcements near the folds, beautiful inking.

Dimensions: 29.5 x 54.5 cm, the print mirror.