Antique Map of South America by De la Harpe '1780'

Name: Antique Map of South America by De la Harpe '1780'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12826-3
Price: 560 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1780
Kind: Maps
Size: 50 × 35.5 cm (19.7 × 14 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, original folding lines. Few small holes outside image. Minor wear/creasing, blank verso. Please study images carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: South America
Reference: BG-12826-3

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

South America, titled "Carte de l'Amerique Méridionale, Pour l'Histoire Générale des Voyages," an original map from Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages by J.F. de la Harpe, dated 1780. The copper engraving carries outline color in pink, green and yellow, with a colored border.

The title is set in a decorative rococo cartouche of leaves and scrolls at the lower right, above the scale bars. The continent is shown from the Caribbean coast to Cape Horn, with the oceans lettered "Océan Atlantique," "Océan Méridional" and "Mer du Sud ou Océan Pacifique," and the colonial territories of Brazil, Peru, Paraguay and Chile each outlined in color. The Amazon and its tributaries are traced across the interior, and the "Laguna de Xarayes" is drawn as the source of the Paraguay River; the lake is now known as the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland. A compass rose stands in the Atlantic.

The map was made to accompany the abridged general history of voyages, and it shows the continent as it was understood in the late eighteenth century.

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