Antique Map of South America by Philip & Son, 1875

€ 60

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

Date: 1875
Sheet size: 32.4 × 25.5 cm (12.8 × 10.0 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: CD-10580

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 on a full-sheet map by George Philip & Son, c. 1875, the publishing house founded by George Philip (1800 to 1882). The sheet is colored by region in soft washes, with the title "South America" lettered at upper right above the scale bars and the imprint at the foot.

The continent is shown in one view from the Caribbean coast to Cape Horn, with the republics outlined in pink, green and yellow, the Empire of Brazil filling the east and the Andes drawn along the Pacific side. Rivers and mountain ranges are lettered across the interior, the principal towns and ports are named, and the Falkland Islands and the south Atlantic islands are drawn off the coast at the foot of the sheet. The imprint of George Philip & Son and the London Geographical Institute is printed at the lower margin.

The sheet is a general reference map of the continent in the 1870s, produced for the school and home market for which Philip's atlases were made.