Antique Map of the Northern Part of South America by J. Tallis, circa 1851

Name: Antique Map of the Northern Part of South America by J. Tallis, circa 1851
Brand: John Tallis
SKU: BG-03441
Price: 315 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1851
Maker: John Tallis
Kind: Maps
Size: 26.9 × 36.6 cm (10.6 × 14.4 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition, considering age. Please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: South America
Reference: BG-03441

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 as it was mapped in the mid-nineteenth century, "Venezuela, New Grenada, Ecuador and the Guayanas", an engraved and colored map from John Tallis and Company's "The Illustrated Atlas", issued in London and New York around 1851. The map was drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin, with vignettes drawn by H. Winkles and engraved by W. Lacey.

The sheet runs from the Caribbean Sea down to Brazil, covering what is now Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Rivers and mountain ranges are engraved in detail, the borders are tinted, and the coast is crowded with place names. A scale of miles stands at the center, and a border of foliage surrounds the plate.

Four vignettes fill the empty margins: a view of Chimborazo at upper left, the "Fall of the Bogota" (Tequendama Falls) at upper right, a group of rheas at left, and a prospect of Paramaribo harbor in Dutch Guiana along the bottom. The Illustrated Atlas, begun in 1849, was one of the last major decorative atlases, and its sheets paired map detail with this kind of travel illustration.

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