Antique Map of the Northern Part of South America by Delamarche, 1806

€ 175

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

Date: 1806
Sheet size: 28.3 × 34 cm (11.1 × 13.4 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: PCT-61596

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.

About this sheet

Northern South America in an original copper engraving with outline hand color, a map by Robert de Vaugondy that was revised and published by Charles Francois Delamarche in Paris, dated 1806. The title in the cartouche reads "Terre-Ferme, Perou, Bresil, Pays de l'Amazone", and the sheet is lettered "Corrigee par C.F. Delamarche" beneath it.

The map covers the northern half of the continent from the Caribbean coast (the "Mer du Nord") down to the Tropic of Capricorn, with the Pacific labeled "Mer du Sud". Each region is tinted separately: Terre-Ferme in tan, Guyane in pink, Peru and Brazil in green, and the vast central "Pays de l'Amazone" in yellow. Rivers, mission settlements and coastal places are marked in fine lettering, the Amazon basin is left largely empty of detail, and a scale bar runs along the bottom margin.

Delamarche, a Paris lawyer turned publisher, built his firm on the acquisition of Robert de Vaugondy's plates and copyrights, which he then revised and reissued under his own name. This sheet shows that process at work: an eighteenth century geographer's map brought up to date for the early nineteenth century.