Antique Map of South America by Keizer & de Lat, 1788
€ 400
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1788
Sheet size
20.5 × 27.5 cm (8.1 × 10.8 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12854-8
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. Original/contemporary hand coloring, blank verso. Minor wear. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
South America, titled "Kaartje van het Zuider-Deel van America," an original small map from Nieuwe Natuur-, Geschied- en Handelkundige Zak- en Reisatlas by Gerrit Brender à Brandis, published by J. Keizer and I. de Lat in 1788. The sheet is printed in black with fine outline color.
The title is set in a plain frame at the lower left. The continent is drawn with its Dutch labels: Terra Ferme and the Amazon region at the top, "Zuid America" across the center, Peru and Paraguay on the Pacific side, and the Brazilian coast at the right. The oceans are lettered "De Noord Zee," "De Groote Zuid Zee of Stille Zee," "De Zuider Ocean" and "Magelanesche Zee," and the sheet is crossed by a network of rhumb lines. A scale in leagues is printed at the lower right, beside a publisher's line.
The map was made as a small atlas sheet for a pocket and travel atlas in Dutch, and its engraved coastline is dotted with small place names.
