Antique Map of South America by Wyld, circa 1850

Name: Antique Map of South America by Wyld, circa 1850
Brand: Alexander von Humboldt
SKU: BG-11621
Price: 2185 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Maker: Alexander von Humboldt
Kind: Maps
Size: 109 × 78 cm (42.9 × 30.7 in)
Condition: Good. Some light wear and age-related toning. Original slipcase included. Please study images carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: South America
Reference: BG-11621

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 on J. Wyld's folding wall map "Colombia Prima or South America," drawn from the large map in eight sheets by Louis Stanislas D'Arcy de la Rochette, published in London, circa 1850. The sheet is laid out in sections for folding, and the title is lettered in the cartouche at the lower right.

The map shows the continent with its states outlined in color, from Colombia and the Guianas to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, the United Provinces and Patagonia, with the rivers, mountain ranges and coast named in detail. The Andes are drawn in hachured relief down the western side. Three insets in the lower portion present data from Humboldt's report in the form of topographical profiles: "Section of the Andes," "Section of South America from West to East," and "Section of the Road from La Guayra to Caracas." A comparative distance table and an index, "Civil Divisions, Population and Extent," list Colombia, Peru, the United Provinces, Chile, Patagonia, Brazil and the Guianas.

James Wyld was one of the leading London map publishers of the mid-nineteenth century, and the sheet combines a political survey of the new South American republics with scientific profiles from the explorations of Alexander von Humboldt.

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