Antique Map of South America by De la Harpe '1780'
€ 500
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1780
Sheet size
50 × 35.5 cm (19.7 × 14.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12826-3
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
General age-related toning, original folding lines. Few small holes outside image. Minor wear/creasing, blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
South America, titled "Carte de l'Amerique Méridionale, Pour l'Histoire Générale des Voyages," an original map from Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages by J.F. de la Harpe, dated 1780. The copper engraving carries outline color in pink, green and yellow, with a colored border.
The title is set in a decorative rococo cartouche of leaves and scrolls at the lower right, above the scale bars. The continent is shown from the Caribbean coast to Cape Horn, with the oceans lettered "Océan Atlantique," "Océan Méridional" and "Mer du Sud ou Océan Pacifique," and the colonial territories of Brazil, Peru, Paraguay and Chile each outlined in color. The Amazon and its tributaries are traced across the interior, and the "Laguna de Xarayes" is drawn as the source of the Paraguay River; the lake is now known as the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland. A compass rose stands in the Atlantic.
The map was made to accompany the abridged general history of voyages, and it shows the continent as it was understood in the late eighteenth century.
