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LIMITS OF ENGLISH TRADING IN SOUTH AMERICA
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A New & Exact MAP of the Cost, Countries and Islands within & LIMITS OF SOUTH SEA COMPANY...
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AM521 |
| Authors |
Moll, Herman
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| Year |
C. 1720
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LONDON
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| Size |
19.75 x 26 inches |
| Condition |
Printed on heavy paper with little if any ageing. Very fine condition. |
| Price |
Sold
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| Description |
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Copperplate engraved map in original outline hand color. Covers all of South America and extends north to the island of California. Insets of Acapulco, the Galapagos Islands, Juan Fernandez, Isthmus of Darien, Magellan Straits and imaginary Pepys Island. Printed separately and attached are 3 detailed harbour charts of Baldivia, Guiaquil and Chiloe island.
More well known than The South Sea Company is perhaps the "South Sea Bubble" (1711 - September 1720) which is the name given to the economic bubble that occurred through overheated speculation in the company shares during 1720. The company, formed in 1711 by Robert Harley, was granted exclusive trading rights in Spanish South America. The trading rights pre-supposed the successful conclusion of the War of the Spanish Succession, which did not end until 1713. The company did not undertake a trading voyage to South America until 1717 and made little actual profit.
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