Antique Map of South America by Kelly, 1835

Name: Antique Map of South America by Kelly, 1835
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-03454
Price: 80 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1835
Kind: Maps
Size: 27.5 × 24 cm (10.8 × 9.4 in)
Condition: Fair
Period: The Early Republic
Places: South America
Reference: BG-03454

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 in the 1830s, titled "South America", an original engraving with hand outline color, published in London by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row, in 1835 and engraved by A. Findlay. The map has a decorative border of bead and rosette ornaments.

The continent is drawn with its republics and colonial divisions outlined in yellow, pink, orange and green, the title is set at the lower right beside a scale of English miles, and the sea is tinted blue along the coasts. The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are lettered at the sides, and the Atlantic is also given as the "Ethiopic or Southern Atlantic Ocean". Rivers and mountain ranges are drawn in detail, the coasts carry many place names, and the southern tip shows Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands with South Georgia. A dated imprint runs along the foot of the sheet.

The border design is the main decorative element of the sheet, and the map itself is a clear picture of the states of South America in the years after independence.

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