Original hand outline color. Overall, very good condition. A detailed and interesting political map of South America issued in the second decade of the nineteenth century. This was a turbulent time on the continent, the period of the Wars of Independence from European powers. The territories claimed by each of the different European colonial powers is indicated with a different color outline, a key for which is included in the bottom left.
Similar information is given for the West Indies, which are also shown.
Besides the political information, topographical information is copious and very clearly presented. An excellent map of the times. Full original hand coloring. A excellent snap-shot of South America near the end of the period of the Wars of Independence. This map, which is surrounded by text on the sides, was issued in an historic atlas issued by one of the great American cartographic publishers.