Large Antique Map of North & South America by Weiland, 1826
€ 545
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1826
Sheet size
73 × 59 cm (28.7 × 23.2 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-14345-2
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. Fair with considerable age-related wear and handling. The paper is wrinkled and uneven, particularly throughout the broad margins outside the engraved image area. There are numerous creases and handling marks, some marginal tears, light browning.
About this sheet
The Western Hemisphere in a single sheet, an original hand-colored copper engraving titled "America entworfen und gezeichnet von C. F. Weiland", drawn by Carl Ferdinand Weiland (1782-1847) and published at Weimar by the Geographisches Institut in 1826.
North and South America run in a long diagonal across the sheet, from Greenland and the Arctic coasts at the top through Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central America to the Caribbean and the southern tip of the continent. Political divisions are tinted in color, and a key at lower left identifies the possessions of the different powers, with a graphic scale beneath it. The ocean names are German and lettered in large spaced capitals along the margins, among them "Das Stille Meer oder der Australocean" for the Pacific and the Atlantic. A repeating ornamental band forms the border.
The date is significant for the southern half of the map. By 1826 Brazil and the former Spanish colonies of South America had become independent states, and the sheet shows the continent divided into the new political units alongside the territories that remained in European hands.
