Antique Map of South America by Cadell & Davies, 1803

€ 120

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

Date: 1803
Sheet size: 27 × 21 cm (10.6 × 8.3 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-09391

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

South America in 1803, titled "South America", an original copper engraving published by Cadell & Davies in London. The map is a small atlas sheet, uncolored.

The continent is drawn on a graticule with latitude and longitude marked in the border, and the title appears in a ruled box at the lower right. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans are lettered along the coasts. The interior is covered with the colonial divisions of the time, among them Terra Firma, Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Chili and Paraguay, with the course of the Amazon and its tributaries and the Rio de la Plata drawn in, and the coastline is crowded with small place names. At the foot of the sheet, the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego are shown below the Strait of Magellan. The imprint along the bottom edge reads that it was published by Cadell & Davies, Strand, and Longman & Rees, Paternoster Row.

The date, 1803, falls in the last years of Spanish colonial rule, when the continent was still divided among the Spanish and Portuguese crowns.