1882 Detailed Map of South America showing Political and Geographical Features

€ 250

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1882
Sheet size: 57 × 38 cm (22.4 × 15.0 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13601-2-68

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

Good condition, folding line in the middle. The outer borders are slightly discolored due to age, but not the image. This map is ideal for framing. Study the image carefully.

About this sheet

South America on a single sheet, an original map from an atlas of 1882 published by Blackie & Son, with the title "South America" in the lower right. The map is colored in outline by country, in pink, yellow and green.

The whole continent is shown, from the Caribbean coast in the north to Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego in the south, with the Andes drawn down the western edge in dense hachures and the great river systems of the Amazon, Orinoco and Paraná traced across the interior. Coastal towns are named all along the shores, and national boundaries are drawn as they stood in the early 1880s, with Brazil filling the eastern bulge. Small islands are drawn off the southern coast, and parallels and meridians curve across the ocean.

The map is a general view in the same series as the atlas's larger regional maps of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, and the southern republics.