Antique Map of South America by Philip & Son, 1875

Antique map titled 'Carte générale du Pérou'. Large map of Peru. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique' by A. Levasse...

Antique map titled 'Carte générale de l'Amérique Septentrionale'. Large map of North America. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Modern...

Antique map titled 'South America'. Original, antique map depicting South America. With outline coloring. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Anonymous. Artist:...

Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Amérique Méridionale'. Scarce map of South America, published in Paris in 1821. The map shows the continent in the ...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Zuidlyk Eind van Amerika'. Map of the sourthern part of South America, focusing on Cook's tracks around the Cape Horn and T...

Antique map titled 'Amérique Méridionale'. Old map of South America. With an inset map of the Galapagos Islands and decorative vignettes. This map...

Presented is an original 1875 map of “North America.” The map was issued in Volume 1 of the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in Edinburgh. The map was drawn by famous Scottish mapmaker John Bartholomew. The map depicts North America, to include Greenland, the Dominion of Canada, the United States, Mexico, the countries of Central America, and the islands of the West Indies. Prominent rivers, mountain ranges, and cities are labeled on the map, and country borders are emphasized in red. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. The landmark ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, often called "the Scholar's Edition," was published from January 1875 to 1889 in 25 volumes. The editor and author of the “Foreword” was Thomas Spencer Baynes, the first English-born editor after a series of Scots. After 1880, Baynes was assisted by William Robertson Smith. The 9th edition is often lauded as a high point among early editions for scholarship. The 9th edition was far more luxurious than any previously printed Encyclopædia Britannicas, with thick boards and quality leather bindings, premier paper, and a production which took full advantage of the technological advances of printing in the years between the 1850s and 1870s. The publishers took advantage of the new ability to print large graphic illustrations on the same pages as the text, as opposed to limiting illustrations to separate copper plate engravings. Although this technology had first been used in a primitive fashion the 7th edition, and to a much lesser extent in the 8th, in the 9th edition there were thousands of quality illustrations and maps set...

Great map of South America Copper-plate engraving Published C.1780 Two small worm holes to left side of map Unframed.

Great map of South America Copper plate engraving Published by Butterworth, Livesey & Co., circa 1830 Unframed.   

Great map of Chili, Peru and part of Bolivia Wonderful figural border From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas Lithograph. Original color. Published by Fullarton, Edi...

This is an antique lithography map of South America. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest by John Rapkin , dating to the early Victorian period and later, circ...

Great map of South Africa. Drawn under the direction of Arrowsmith. Copper-plate engraving. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Br...