Antique Maps
Plano topografico del nombram.to de las principales Calles de la Ciudad de Buenos Ayres y de los Templos, Plazas, Edificios Publicos y Cuarteles / Topographical Plan of the principal Streets, Churches, Squares, Public Buildings, and Wards, of the City of Buenos Ayres
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher) · London · R. Ackermann, London and Mexico · [c. 1824-1826]
Bilingual Spanish and English street plan of Buenos Aires, dedicated to Bernardino Rivadavia as Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain, published by Rudolph Ackermann in London and Mexico, c. 1824-1826.
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Key Properties
Title: in Spanish and English, side by side
Dedication: Spanish "Dedicado al Señor Dn. Bernardino Rivadavia, Primer Ministro del Estado de la Provincia"; English "Dedicated to His Excellency Señor Bernardino Rivadavia, now Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain"
Imprint: "Publicado por R. Ackermann en Londres y Mejico" / "Published by R. Ackermann in London and in Mexico"
Orientation: West at the top, with the Rio de la Plata along the foot and a compass rose
Uncoloured, folding
Size: 34 x 41 cm
Collation & Technical Description
Single sheet, printed, folding, uncoloured. Street names, numbered blocks and named squares; a guard strip along the right edge on the verso.
Size: 34 x 41 cm.
Condition
Toned, with folds; a short tear at the left edge along the horizontal fold and a small crease near it on the verso, light spotting.
Description
The plan lays out the grid of Buenos Aires from the Rio de la Plata inland, with the names of the principal streets running both ways, many of them commemorating the battles and provinces of the independence, such as Chacabuco, Maypu, Suypacha, Tucuman, Victoria and del 25 de Mayo. It marks the squares, among them the Plaza de la Victoria and the Plaza del 25 de Mayo with the fort beside it, the Plaza del Parque, the Plaza de la Independencia, the Plaza de Marte and the Plaza de las Artes, as well as the churches and public buildings, and numbers the blocks by ward.
The title and the dedication are given twice, in Spanish on the left and in English on the right. The Spanish dedication addresses Rivadavia as first minister of the province, the English one as "now Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain", which places the publication during his mission to London.
Historical Significance
Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1845) was minister of government of the province of Buenos Aires from 1821 and led its programme of reforms, among them the renaming and regulation of the city's streets; from 1824 he was in London on a diplomatic mission, and in 1826 he became the first president of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata. The plan reflects the city as it was being reorganised in those years.
Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834) of London was the leading English publisher of books and prints for the new Spanish American republics, with branches in Spanish America, as the imprint "London and Mexico" shows.