Antique Map of Part of South America by Archer, C.1860

Name: Antique Map of Part of South America by Archer, C.1860
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-09465
Price: 105 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1860
Kind: Maps
Size: 33 × 26 cm (13 × 10.2 in)
Condition: Good
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: South America
Reference: BG-09465

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 northeast of South America in the mid-nineteenth century, titled "South America" and marked "South America No. 2" in the margin, an original steel engraving with hand outline color, drawn and engraved by J. Archer of London around 1860.

The sheet is one of a pair covering the continent and shows only the northeastern part: the Guianas at the upper left, tinted in pink, green and blue, the mouth of the Amazon and the province of Pará, and the long Atlantic coast of Brazil running down to the south. Brazil is drawn in pale yellow, and the interior is filled with rivers and place names, with the coast especially crowded. A compass rose with a fleur-de-lis points north near the top, and the title is set in plain capitals beside a scale of English miles. A narrow strip of western South America appears at the left edge.

The sheet is a good coastal and river map of the Brazilian northeast, with the interior still sparsely filled in.

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