Antique Map of South America by Balbi '1847'

Name: Antique Map of South America by Balbi '1847'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12783-13
Price: 225 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1847
Kind: Maps
Size: 23 × 28.5 cm (9.1 × 11.2 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, original folding line. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: South America
Reference: BG-12783-13

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

A map of South America from Adrien Balbi's Abrege de Geographie, published in Paris by Jules Renouard in 1847. The sheet is an original steel engraving printed in black, and the title "Amerique du Sud" appears at the upper right in a block of capitals.

The map shows the continent from the Caribbean coast to Cape Horn, with the countries labeled in French, among them Colombie, Perou, Bolivie, Chili, Bresil and the Plata region, and the Andes, the Amazon and the other great rivers drawn in detail. Large ocean lettering runs across the margins: "Ocean Atlantique Equinoxial" and "Ocean Atlantique Austral" on the east, "Grand Ocean Equinoxial" and "Grand Ocean Austral" on the west. The Galapagos, the Juan Fernandez islands and the Falklands are shown, and the Tropic of Capricorn and the French league scale appear. Longitude is counted from the meridian of Paris.

Balbi's geography was a successful French textbook that went through many editions.

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