La Plata, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Patagonia, Antique Map, Blackie, 1859
€ 360
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-12685-1-87
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. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Southern South America on a map titled "La Plata, Chili, Paraguay, Uruguay & Patagonia", from The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography, published by W. G. Blackie in 1859. The sheet is an engraved map with original hand color, the countries outlined in separate tints.
The map covers Chile along the Pacific coast, the Argentine Confederation (lettered La Plata), Paraguay and Uruguay (Banda Oriental), with the Andes as a hachured spine along the western edge and the Parana, Paraguay and Uruguay rivers dominating the interior. The estuary of the Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic coast are shown at right. An inset at lower right is lettered as a continuation of Chili and Patagonia and carries the map further south through Tierra del Fuego to the Strait of Magellan.
The sheet shows the region as it stood in 1859, with Patagonia still largely empty of settlement and the Argentine provinces not yet unified under a single national government.
