Seaport of LIMA, PERU c. 1671 - Montanus View

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“CALLAO de LIMA” from De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld by Arnoldus Montanus.  Amsterdam, 1671. Original copper-plate engraving from “the first encyclopedia of the Americas” (Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, p.118). (Image: 11 ¼ x 14’’)

This detailed view depicts a Naval battle off the New World city of “Callao” (seaport of Lima, Peru). Lima was founded by Pizarro in January 1535 and named Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings), for the Christian Feast of the Epiphany. After Pizarro’s conquest of the great empire of the Inca, Lima became the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru, an administrative region covering most of Spain’s territory in South America.

During nearly three centuries of colonial rule, most of Spain’s trade with South America was funneled through Callao. Lima boomed as the commercial, cultural, and governmental center of Spanish-ruled South America, growing wealthy from the vast gold and silver resources of the Andes.

The views from this important series served as an illustrated compendium of the discoveries, conquests, and settlements in the New World. Reference: Deák, Picturing America, #50-51.

This item is presented in archival matting (16 x 20").

  • Inventory# V-643
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