"South America, Drawn from the Latest and Best Authorities", Kitchin, Thomas

Subject: South America

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: A New System of Modern Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:

14.5 x 13.5 inches
36.8 x 34.3 cm

This terrific map of the continent features nice detail of the rivers and mountains and includes the names of many places and indigenous peoples. Much of the Amazonia region and interior of Brazil is mostly blank. The map extends to part of Central America and the African coastline with Cape Verde Islands. In the South Atlantic, a tiny coastline labeled Terra Australis is shown. In the Pacific, the Galapagos Islands are prominently depicted. The decorative title cartouche at bottom left offers a coastal landscape view.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #181-20.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression issued folding, now flat, on a sheet with a horn coat of arms watermark with the intials "GR." There is light offsetting, a binding trim in the top right margin that has been replaced with old paper, and an associated tear that enters 1.5" into map image and has been repaired on verso with archival materials.