Antique Map of South America by Gordon, c.1745

Name: Antique Map of South America by Gordon, c.1745
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-09392
Price: 85 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1745
Kind: Maps
Size: 20 × 23 cm (7.9 × 9.1 in)
Condition: Good. Age-related toning. Please study image carefully.
Period: Colonial America
Places: South America
Reference: BG-09392

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 as drawn for an English geography text, titled "South America according to the latest Observations", an original copper engraving published by P. Gordon in London around 1745. It was prepared for Geography Anatomiz'd, or the Geographical Grammar, and is uncolored.

The continent is drawn on a distorted graticule, so that the coastlines lean against the curved meridians and the parallels sweep across the sheet. The Pacific is lettered "The Pacific or Great South Sea" and the Atlantic "The Western Ocean". The interior is labeled in large capitals as Terra Firma, Guiana, the Country of the Amazons, Brazil, Chili, Paraguay and "Terra Magellanica", with the Tierra del Fuego islands at the southern tip. Rivers and mountain chains are drawn, and the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn are marked. A part of Africa appears at the upper right. The title is set in a small framed block at the lower right, with a page reference printed beside it.

The map reflects mid-eighteenth century knowledge of the continent, with the interior still thinly known.

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