Antique Map of South America, inset of the Quito Highlands, Hand-Colored - 1870
€ 124
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1870
Sheet size
34.3 × 25.8 cm (13.5 × 10.2 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-13190-17
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
Wear consistent with age and use. Original / contemporary hand coloring. Original folding line. Shows toning, wear and soiling. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
South America with an inset of the highlands of Quito, an original antique map titled "Zuid-Amerika", published in Rotterdam by Otto Petri around 1870. The sheet is a lithograph with hand-applied color in outline and wash.
The continent is drawn from the Caribbean Sea to Tierra del Fuego, with the countries of the day outlined in color: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. Relief of the Andes and the great rivers is drawn in fine lines, and the Pacific is lettered "Groote of Stille Oceaan". The Caribbean is named "Caribische Zee". At the lower right, an inset titled "Hoogland van Quito" gives the volcanic highlands of Ecuador on a larger scale, with a key of lettered peaks. Scale bars are placed at the top, and the imprint "Rotterdam bij Otto Petri" runs along the lower edge.
The sheet comes from a Dutch school atlas of the later nineteenth century, at a time when the independent republics of South America had taken the shape they would largely keep for the following decades.
