Antique Map of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia by Lapie, 1842

Name: Antique Map of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia by Lapie, 1842
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12338-49
Price: 260 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1842
Kind: Maps
Size: 50.5 × 60 cm (19.9 × 23.6 in)
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Ecuador, Bolivia & Paraguay, Peru
Reference: BG-12338-49

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

Peru and Upper Peru, titled "Carte du Pérou et du Haut Pérou", an original engraving with hand outline color from the Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne by Pierre M. Lapie and his son Alexandre Émile Lapie. The title block gives the place and date as Paris, 1842.

The map shows the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador (lettered "Équateur") south to the Atacama region, with the Andes drawn in fine hachures and the coast crowded with small place names. Peru, Bolivia and the Brazilian interior are tinted in soft pink and yellow outlines, with rivers of the Amazon system running across the eastern half of the sheet and Mato Grosso named at the right. The Pacific is lettered "Grand Océan" and "Mer du Sud ou Océan Pacifique", the Tropic of Capricorn is marked, and a bar of scales appears at the lower right. A decorative double border frames the whole sheet.

The Lapie atlas was a standard French reference of its time, and its sheets were known for their clear engraving and well-organized topography.

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