CALLAO DE LIMA.
Arnoldus Montanus
Callao de Lima.
Copper plate engraving, 1671.
Image size 11 1/4 x 13 3/4" (285 x 349 mm).
Fair condition. Stain within image. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 68042
Price: $350.00 Publisher : Published by Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam. A fine view of Lima, Peru, from Montanus' "De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America." Founded by Pizarro in 1535, Lima became the focal point of Spanish expansion in South America. It became the capital of the Spanish Empire's most extensive Viceroyalty, and one of the richest towns in the colony. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Central & South America, and the West Indies , South America
