Tirion World

Isaak Tirion.
Nieuwe Wereld Kaart, waar in de Reizen van den Hr. Anson Rondsom de Wereld...
Amsterdam, 1764. 235 x 410mm. Original colour.
£250
World map on Mercator's Projection, designed to show the route of Commodore Anson around the world on what was in reality a buccaneer's trip. He captured a Spanish treasure ship: when he returned to London he needed thirty wagons to transfer the silver booty to the Tower of London. TIRI0013