South America

Historical maps, coastal charts, and views of South America.

Archival Category: International Geography | Era: 19th Century | Geography: South America | Holdings: 4 items.

Cataloged Works in this Collection

CARTE DE LA TERRE FERME, DU PEROU, DU BRESIL, ET DU PAYS DES AMAZONES, Dressée sur les Mémoires les plus Nouveaux & les observations les plus exactes.
Cartographer / Artist: Henri Abraham Chatelain
Date: 1719
Medium: Copperplate engraving
Dimensions: 19.8 x 15.8 inches
Location: South America
A detailed Enlightenment-era French copperplate map depicting northern South America—including Peru, Brazil, Tierra Firme, and the Amazon River basin—published in Chatelain's monumental *Atlas Historique* with an extended historical and geographical commentary block at upper right.
GUIANA sive AMAZONVM REGIO
Cartographer / Artist: Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Guiljelmus Blaeuw)
Date: c. 1635
Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving
Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.5 inches
Location: Guiana, Northern South America
A celebrated 17th-century Dutch Golden Age map depicting the region of Guiana, Venezuela, and northern Brazil, prominently featuring the mythical Lake Parime (*Parime Lacus*) and El Dorado.
PERV
Cartographer / Artist: Jan Jansson (Ioannes Janssonius)
Date: c. 1638
Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving
Dimensions: 20.5 x 15.5 inches
Location: Peru
A prominent 17th-century Dutch Golden Age map of Peru and the western coast of South America, oriented with east at the top and embellished with decorative cartouches, sea monsters, sailing ships, and a compass rose.
Gviana sive Amazonvm Regio
Cartographer / Artist: Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571–1638)
Date: c. 1635–1640
Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving
Dimensions: 21.5 x 18.1 inches
Location: Guiana, South America
A classic 17th-century Dutch map of northern South America depicting the legendary Lake Parime (*Parime Lacus*) and the mythical city of *El Dorado* (*Manoa o el Dorado*) along its shores.