Antique Map of South America by W. G. Blackie, 1859
€ 220
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1859
Sheet size
54 × 37 cm (21.3 × 14.6 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12685-1-83
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. some foxing, small tears on the folding line. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
South America on a full-sheet map from The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography, published by W. G. Blackie in 1859. The sheet is an engraved map with original hand color, each country outlined in its own tint, and is lettered "South America" in the lower right above the scale bars.
The map shows the whole continent in a single view, from the Caribbean coast down to Cape Horn, with the Andes drawn as a dark hachured ridge along the Pacific side and the great river systems of the Orinoco, Amazon and Plata spreading across the interior. The republics of the mid-century are all present in outline, with the large block of the Empire of Brazil to the east, and the Guianas at the top right. The coast is crowded with the names of ports and headlands, and the islands off the southern tip and in the Atlantic are included at the foot of the sheet.
Drawn in 1859, the map shows the continent's political divisions as they stood in the generation after independence, and before the Paraguayan War and the later boundary settlements.
