- Title: Platte Grond van LIMA de Hoofstad van PERU
- Author: Isaak Tirion
- Date: c.1769
- Condition: Excellent - archivally repaired chip in the right blank margin
- Inches: 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 [Paper]
- Centimeters: 30.16 x 19.68 [Paper]
- Product ID: 308649
This finely executed plan presents the fortified city of Lima with considerable clarity and detail. A key beneath the title names the principal edifices, including the palace, cathedral, town hall, and hospital. The city is shielded on one side by a river, while substantial ramparts and outlying suburbs encircle the remaining approaches.
Tirion's Hedendaagsche Historie was initially conceived as the Dutch edition of Thomas Salmon's Modern History. The work began in 1729, but the text was later expanded and the Hedendaagsche Historie was therefore not completed until 1803.
Background on Creator
Isaak Tirion (1705–1765) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller from Utrecht who worked in Amsterdam and became well known for issuing richly illustrated historical works, atlases, and maps. He is especially noted for his multivolume “Hedendaagsche Historie” and “Vaderlandsche Historie,” as well as for several important hand atlases whose clear engraving, decorative cartouches, and up‑to‑date geographical information placed him among the last prominent map publishers of the Dutch Golden Age tradition.