Antique Map of South America ‘North’ by A.K. Johnston, 1865

Name: Antique Map of South America ‘North’ by A.K. Johnston, 1865
Brand: W. & A. K. Johnston
SKU: BG-05553/47
Price: 310 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1865
Maker: W. & A. K. Johnston
Kind: Maps
Size: 48.5 × 62 cm (19.1 × 24.4 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: South America
Reference: BG-05553/47

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

Northern South America on Alexander Keith Johnston's "South America, Northern Sheet," an original map from his Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, in 1865. The sheet is numbered 47 at the upper right and carries the atlas heading "Keith Johnston's General Atlas." It is printed in black with delicate outline color on the borders.

The map covers the Pacific coast of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, the Guianas and the mouth of the Amazon on the Atlantic, and the interior of Brazil, Bolivia and Matto Grosso. The Amazon and its tributaries are traced in blue across the center, the Andes are shown in fine hachured relief down the western edge, and the coast carries dense lettering of ports and headlands. The title block at upper right is lettered "South America (Northern Sheet)" with the author's credit and a set of comparative scales. A small inset at the lower left shows the Galapagos Islands.

Johnston, geographer to the Queen for Scotland, was among the leading atlas makers of Victorian Britain, and his atlas sheets are known for their fine engraving and clear lettering.

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