Antique Map of South America, c.1840

€ 73

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

Date: 1840
Sheet size: 34.5 × 27.5 cm (13.6 × 10.8 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-09462

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 the 1840s, titled "South America", an original engraving with hand outline color, published around 1840. The maker is not named on the sheet, and the map comes from an atlas whose source is not identified.

The continent is drawn with its countries bordered in color, in green, yellow, pink and orange, and with the title in a small framed panel at the lower left, above a scale in English miles. The Caribbean Sea, the North Atlantic, the South Pacific and the South Atlantic are lettered across the open water. The coasts are densely annotated with place names, the Amazon, Orinoco and La Plata rivers and their branches are drawn in, and Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands appear at the foot. An inset at the left shows an island group in the Pacific.

The map shows the continent after independence, with the newer republics of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and the United Provinces drawn along the lines of the old Spanish viceroyalties.