Antique Map of the Northern Part of South America by J. Tallis, circa 1851
€ 280
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1851
Sheet size
26.9 × 36.6 cm (10.6 × 14.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-03441
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
Good condition, considering age. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Northern South America as it was mapped in the mid-nineteenth century, "Venezuela, New Grenada, Ecuador and the Guayanas", an engraved and colored map from John Tallis and Company's "The Illustrated Atlas", issued in London and New York around 1851. The map was drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin, with vignettes drawn by H. Winkles and engraved by W. Lacey.
The sheet runs from the Caribbean Sea down to Brazil, covering what is now Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Rivers and mountain ranges are engraved in detail, the borders are tinted, and the coast is crowded with place names. A scale of miles stands at the center, and a border of foliage surrounds the plate.
Four vignettes fill the empty margins: a view of Chimborazo at upper left, the "Fall of the Bogota" (Tequendama Falls) at upper right, a group of rheas at left, and a prospect of Paramaribo harbor in Dutch Guiana along the bottom. The Illustrated Atlas, begun in 1849, was one of the last major decorative atlases, and its sheets paired map detail with this kind of travel illustration.
