Antique Map of South America with Many Details, ca.1859
€ 580
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1859
Sheet size
37.3 × 45.2 cm (14.7 × 17.8 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13190-10
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. General age-related toning, minor wear and foxing. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
South America on a map titled "Sud-America", from Stielers Handatlas, published by Justus Perthes in Gotha around 1859, with the imprint "Gotha: Justus Perthes 1859" at the foot. The sheet is an engraving with outline color, drawn by F. von Stulpnagel.
The continent is shown from the Caribbean coast to Tierra del Fuego, with the Atlantic named "Atlantischer Ocean" and the Pacific "Grosser Ocean". Brazil is lettered "Kaiserthum Brasilien" across its interior, and the republics of Venezuela, New Granada, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Argentine Confederation are outlined in color and listed in a key at the lower left, together with their capitals and areas. The Andes are drawn in hachures down the west side, and the Amazon and Orinoco systems with their tributaries are drawn in detail. The Falkland Islands and the islands off the Pacific coast are named, and the title is set at the lower right.
Stielers Handatlas, named after Adolf Stieler (1775 to 1836), was the leading German world atlas of the later nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth. Published by Justus Perthes of Gotha, it went through ten editions from 1816 to 1945.
