1857 Map of Southern South America – Argentina, Chile, Rio de Janeiro

Name: 1857 Map of Southern South America – Argentina, Chile, Rio de Janeiro
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05552-56
Price: 435 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1857
Kind: Maps
Size: 37.5 × 45.4 cm (14.8 × 17.9 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition with only light age toning. A few minor spots in the margins. Strong print quality and original hand-coloring remain crisp and clear.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, South America
Reference: BG-05552-56

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.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The southern part of South America in 1857, the lower sheet of a two-sheet map of the continent, an original copper engraving with hand-colored outlines. It is titled "Der Südliche Theil von Süd-America" and was published in Gotha by Justus Perthes for Adolf Stieler's Hand-Atlas. The imprint at the foot gives Gotha and Justus Perthes, with a date that reads close to 1857.

The sheet covers Chile, Argentina and the La Plata region, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil, with Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego at the foot and the Falkland Islands in pink outline to the east. The Andes run down the western side, and rivers, capes, ports and islands are lettered along the coasts. National boundaries are tinted in yellow, green, red and blue outline.

Two insets at the lower right give closer views of Rio de Janeiro: a plan of the bay ("Bay von Rio de Janeiro") with its islands, inlets and forts, and a plan of the city, with a numbered key to its principal buildings printed beside it. A list of numbered places is given at the lower left of the main map.

Its companion sheet covers the northern part of South America. Together the two sheets record the continent as it was mapped in the 1850s.

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