Antique Map of South America by Petri, c.1873

Name: Antique Map of South America by Petri, c.1873
Brand: Thomas Kitchin
SKU: BG-06667-1
Price: 140 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1873
Maker: Thomas Kitchin
Kind: Maps
Size: 33.1 × 26.2 cm (13 × 10.3 in)
Condition: Good
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: South America
Reference: BG-06667-1

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 a later edition of Otto Petri's School-Atlas van alle Deelen der Aarde, titled "Zuid-Amerika", published in Rotterdam by Otto Petri around 1873. The map is a lithograph with outline color.

The continent is drawn with its republics and Brazil outlined in color, the Caribbean at the top is lettered "Caraïbische Zee", and the Pacific and Atlantic are named at the sides. A large inset at the lower right, "Hoogland van Quito", shows the highland of Quito, with the volcanoes and the cities of the Ecuadorian Andes drawn at a larger scale, with a key to the numerals. A scale of geographical miles and a short list of abbreviations stand at the upper right, and the Rotterdam imprint "bij Otto Petri" runs along the foot of the sheet. The coasts are densely lettered with place names, and the interior shows rivers and mountain ranges.

The inset recalls the scientific interest in the Andes of Ecuador, where eighteenth and nineteenth century expeditions measured volcanoes and the length of a degree of the meridian.

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