Antique South America Map, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bartholomew, 1884
€ 395
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1884
Sheet size
61.2 × 45.3 cm (24.1 × 17.8 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13601-3-36
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 antique condition with age-related toning and light wear consistent with age. Original center fold as issued. Please study the photographs carefully for the most accurate impression of condition.
About this sheet
South America in 1884, an original engraved map titled "South America", prepared by the Scottish cartographer John Bartholomew and published in Edinburgh by A. & C. Black in the new and revised edition of Black's General Atlas of the World. The countries are colored by hand in pastel pink, yellow, green and purple.
The sheet shows the whole continent from the Caribbean Sea to Cape Horn, with the Pacific Ocean on the left and the Atlantic on the right. Brazil, in yellow, dominates the center and east, with the Amazon and its tributaries traced across it. The Andes run down the west coast through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, and Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay fill the south and the Río de la Plata region. The Falkland Islands are drawn off the southern coast, and the Tropics of Capricorn are marked across the sheet. Cities, ports and rivers are lettered along the coasts and inland.
An atlas sheet of the whole continent shows the political divisions of South America in the 1880s, with Brazil still an empire.
