map of south america, geography

Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] ut posteriore[m...

The Italian engraver and publisher, Antonio Salamanca, produced this finely engraved world map utilizing the double cordiform projection (heart shaped). Salamanca’s engraving was based on a 1538 map published b... More

Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in isthmo Americano, in Freto Magell...

Regions and Seasons: Mariners have charted the oceans since the late 13th century. However, the 1670 map here is not a general sea chart, but is one of the first thematic maps produced. Thematic maps illustrate... More

Pascaerte van Nova Hispania, Chili, Peru, en Gvatimala.

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelle...

Richly decorated in the tradition of Dutch cartography, this map extends from eastern Asia to western Europe but focuses on the Pacific Ocean and the Americas. It is attributed to Henri Abraham Chatelain, a Hug... More

An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the island...

Scale ca. 1:14,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows southern United States, Central America, and northern South America. "Where may be had just publish'd for the use of the curious as well as students,... More

Carte du Golphe du Méxique et des isles de l'Amérique. Pour servir à l...

Scale ca. 1:7,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tome XII, in 4⁰, no. 1." "Tome 10, in 8⁰, page 1." Shows southern United States, eastern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies. Appea... More

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map from "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan an...

This image has been taken from scan 000063 from volume 01 of "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan and A. de U. ... Translated from the original Spanish [of A. de U. by J. Adams]. Illustrat... More

map from "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan an...

This image has been taken from scan 000131 from volume 01 of "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan and A. de U. ... Translated from the original Spanish [of A. de U. by J. Adams]. Illustrat... More

map from "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan an...

This image has been taken from scan 000157 from volume 02 of "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan and A. de U. ... Translated from the original Spanish [of A. de U. by J. Adams]. Illustrat... More

map from "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan an...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from volume 02 of "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan and A. de U. ... Translated from the original Spanish [of A. de U. by J. Adams]. Illustrat... More

map from "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan an...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from volume 01 of "[A Voyage to South-America: ... undertaken ... by G. Juan and A. de U. ... Translated from the original Spanish [of A. de U. by J. Adams]. Illustrat... More

map from "A new and complete System of Modern Geography ... With a bri...

This image has been taken from scan 000806 from volume 01 of "A new and complete System of Modern Geography ... With a brief sketch of the origin, history, and antiquities of each nation. Illustrated, etc". The... More

South America from "[Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on ph...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from volume 01 of "[Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geography. Edited by R. Brown. With ... coloured plates and maps, etc.]". The title and sub... More

map from "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel ... based on H...

This image has been taken from scan 000064 from volume 01 of "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel ... based on Hellwald's “Die Erde und ihre Völker.” Translated (and with ethnological appendix) by A.... More

Map from "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel ... based on H...

This image has been taken from scan 000014 from volume 01 of "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel ... based on Hellwald's “Die Erde und ihre Völker.” Translated (and with ethnological appendix) by A.... More

map from "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel ... based on H...

This image has been taken from scan 000104 from volume 03 of "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel ... based on Hellwald's “Die Erde und ihre Völker.” Translated (and with ethnological appendix) by A.... More

map from "The Republic of Uruguay, South America, as a field for emigr...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "The Republic of Uruguay, South America, as a field for emigration: its geography ... and the facilities afforded for permanent settlement. With map". The title a... More

South America from "Map Modeling in Geography, including the use of sa...

This image has been taken from scan 000139 from "Map Modeling in Geography, including the use of sand, clay, putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris ... Also Chalk Modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustra... More

map from "Lessons in the New Geography for student and teacher ... Sec...

This image has been taken from scan 000138 from "Lessons in the New Geography for student and teacher ... Second edition revised". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, create... More

map from "Advanced Geography" - Public domain old map

This image has been taken from scan 000177 from "Advanced Geography". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.

North and South America. - Public domain map

"802532 (R02283) 11-96." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Central America and the Caribbean. - Public domain map

"802584 (R02068) 6-98." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

An old map of the americas with people on it. North america map south ...

Map of the americas wallpapers / An old map of the americas with people on it / Public domain stock illustration.

Public domain stock image. South america atlantic coast city lights.

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A blue globe with a black background. South america map of the world m...

The earth is blue with a map of south america / A blue globe with a black background / Public domain stock illustration.

Public domain stock image. Globe land south america

Public domain stock image. Map america usa. - Public domain map

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America North and South and the West Indies ...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

South America as divided amongst the Spaniards and the Portuguese, the...

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A map of South America and the adjacent islands, 1794.

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19, 1753, by T. ... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19, 1753, by T. ... More

South America - Public domain vintage map

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19, 1753, by T. ... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19, 1753, by T. ... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19, 1753, by T. ... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19... More

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific...

Scale ca. 1:20,000,000. Title from sheets 1 and 2. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. "Published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 19, 1753, by T. ... More

South America. Maps. Iconographic Encyclopedia Of Science Literature A...

A treasure trove of almost 12,000 detailed engravings, The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration is a marvel of a collection culled from the worlds of science, history, geography, mythology, art, architecture, ... More

(1737) Delineatio munimenti et Portus S.AUGUSTINI by Homann Heirs

A wonderful example of J. B. Homann’s spectacular map of the West Indies. Consists of maps based upon the admirable work of D’Anville complied into a single sheet. The primary map, attributed to D’Anville’s w... More

1635 Blaeu Map Guiana, Venezuela, and El Dorado - Geographicus - Guian...

This is G. Blaeu's remarkable c. 1635 map of the northeastern parts of South America , Lake Parima (Parime Lacus), and the route to El Dorado. Blaeu initially issued this map in 1630 and variants were publish... More

1656 Sanson Map of Guiana, Venezuela, and El Dorado - Geographicus - G...

This is N. Sanson's remarkable 1656 map of the northwestern parts of South America , Lake Parima (Parime), and the route to El Dorado. Cartographically this map is loosely based upon cartographic conventions ... More

1658 Visscher Map of North America and South America - Geographicus - ...

A striking first edition example of an extremely important and influential 1658 map of the Americas by Nicholas Janzoon Visscher. Covers all of the New World, the eastern extensions of Europe and Africa, and ... More

1665 Kircher Map of the World (Earliest Map of World to Show Currents)...

A rare and spectacular 1665 map of the world by the extraordinary Germany scholar Athanasius Kircher. This is most likely the first world map to depict the oceans currents. Shows the entire world in accordanc... More

1683 Mortier Map of North America, the West Indies, and the Atlantic O...

This is a rare and remarkable 1693 nautical chart of the Atlantic Ocean by Pierre Mortier. Covers the North Atlantic from rough 5 degree south latitude to roughly 56 degrees north latitude. Includes much of N... More

1685 Bormeester Map of the World - Geographicus - TerrarumOrbis-bormee...

An extremely scarce 1684 double hemisphere world by Dutch map publisher Joachim Bormeester. Depicts the world on hemisphere projection with polar projections to the top and bottom of the main map. Surrounded ... More

1688 Coronelli Globe Gore Map of NE North America, the West Indies, an...

A fine example of Vincenzo Coronelli’s extremely rare 1688 globe gore of Eastern America. Covers from Newfoundland south along the New England and Virginia coastlines to the Bahamas (Gigante) and the West Indi... More

1698 Louis Hennepin Map of North America - Geographicus - NorthAmerica...

A map that fundamentally impacted the cartographic history of America, this is the 1698 Friar Hennepin map of North America. Covering all of North America from the Equator to the Arctic, this map is remarkable... More

1710 First Japanese Buddhist Map of the World Showing Europe, America,...

A seminal map. This is the first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America, from a Buddhist cosmographical perspective. Printed by woodblock in 1710 (Hoei 7), this map was compo... More

1710 First Japanese Buddhist Map of the World Showing Europe, America,...

A seminal map of extreme significance. This is the first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America, from a Buddhist cosmographical perspective. Printed by woodblock in 1710 (Hoei ... More

1730 Covens and Mortier Map of South America - Geographicus - SouthAme...

An extraordinary example of a c. 1730 two map set depicting South America. This is Covens and Mortier's c. 1730 reissue of Guillaume de L'Isle's magnificent c. 1708 map of this region. The northern sheet cove... More

1730 Homann Map of Spain and Portugal - Geographicus - Hispania-homann...

A beautifully detailed c. 1730 J. B. Homann map of Spain and Portugal. Depicts the Iberian peninsula in considerable detail including the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Also covers parts of F... More

1732 Herman Moll Map of the West Indies and Caribbean - Geographicus -...

This is Herman Molls small but significant c. 1732 map of the West Indies. Moll’s map covers all of the West Indies, eastern Mexico, all of Central America, the Gulf of Mexico, North America as far as the Ches... More

1737 Homann Heirs - D'Anville Map of Florida and the West Indies - Geo...

A wonderful example of J. B. Homann’s spectacular map of the West Indies. Consists of maps based upon the admirable work of D’Anville complied into a single sheet. The primary map, attributed to D’Anville’s w... More

1741 Covens and Mortier Map of the Northern Hemisphere ( North Pole, A...

This is a stunning and important map of the Northern Hemisphere originally drawn by Guillaume de L'Isle in 1714 and updated by Coven's and Mortier in 1741. Covers from the North Pole south in all directions to... More

1741 Covens and Mortier Map of the Southern Hemisphere ( South Pole, A...

This is a stunning map of the Southern Hemisphere originally drawn by Guillaume de L'Isle and updated in 1739 by Covens and Mortier. Extends from the South Pole northwards in all directions as far as the Equat... More

1746 Homann Heirs Map of South ^ North America - Geographicus - Americ...

A stunning 1746 Homann Heirs hand colored map of both North and South America. This is the second issue of this important map following the earlier edition by J. B. Homann. Map reflects a considerable advance... More

1747 Bowen Map of North America - Geographicus - NorthAmerica-bowen-17...

This is a curious little map of North America. Covers the whole North America as well as parts of Europe and South America. This is a pirated 1797 reissue of Bowen 1747 map of the same name. Wheatley seems t... More

1747 Bowen Map of North America and South America ( Western Hemisphere...

A stunning 1747 decorative map of the Western Hemisphere by E. Bowen. Covers North and South America as well as much of the Pacific and the Atlantic as far as Spain and the Canary Islands. Details America du... More

1747 La Feuille Map of South America - Geographicus - SouthAmerica-rat...

A stunning map of South America first drawn by Daniel de la Feuille in 1706. Continent is represented according to the 18th century political geography. Labels several important cities including Cusco, Quito,... More

1748 Seale Map of the Pacific Ocean w- Trade Routes from Acapulco to M...

This is a rare 1748 nautical chart of the Pacific Ocean by the English map publisher R. W. Seale. Chart depicts the trade routes used by Spanish Galleons from Acapulco, Mexico to Manila in the Philippines. In ... More

1750 Anson Map of Baja California and the Pacific w- Trade Routes from...

This is a rare 1750 nautical chart of the Pacific Ocean by the French map publisher N. Bellin. Based on a similar chart in English prepared two years earlier by Seale. Chart depicts the trade routes used by Sp... More

1751 Anson Map of Baja California and the Pacific, Trade Routes from A...

This is a rare 1750 nautical chart of the Pacific Ocean by the French map publisher N. Bellin. Harkens to the great age of Pacific piracy and privateering. Based on a similar chart in English prepared three y... More

1760 Desnos and De La Tour Map of North America and South America - Ge...

This is an extremely rare example of Desnos and Brion de la Tour's c. 1760 mapping of America. Covers both North America and South America from Greenland to Cape Horn. Overall the general form of the continen... More

1762 Janvier Map of North America and South America (Sea of the West) ...

An altogether fascinating map of North America and South America by Jean Janvier dating to 1862. Covers both continents from the Antarctic Circle to the arctic circle, extends westward to New Zealand and eastw... More

1762 Janvier Map of South America - Geographicus - SouthAmerica-janvie...

A beautiful example of Jan Janvier's 1762 decorative map of South America. Covers from the island of Hispaniola and the Yucatan south to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, east to Africa, and west to Mexico. Det... More

1762 Zannoni Map of Central America and the West Indies ( Caribbean ) ...

A beautiful example of Zannoni's 1762 map of the West Indies, Florida and Central America. Covers from the Gulf of Mexico to the lesser Antilles including all of the West Indies, Florida and Central America, ... More

1764 Brion de la Tour Map of America ( North America ^ South America )...

This is a rare and elegantly produced 1764 map of the Americas by French cartographer Louis Brion de la Tour. Depicts the whole of North and South America with several interesting cartographic features. The A... More

1764 Brion de la Tour Map of the Western Hemisphere ( North America ^ ...

This is a rare and elegantly produced 1764 map of the Americas by French cartographer Louis Brion de la Tour. Depicts the whole of North and South America with several interesting cartographic features. The A... More

1771 Bonne Map of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil - Geographicus - Parag...

A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's decorative map of Paraguay. Covers from the Rio de la Plata north well into Brazil and the Amazon, extends westward as far as Cordova, and eastward to San Salvador, Bra... More

1771 Bonne Map of Tierra Firma or Northern South America - Geographicu...

A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's decorative map of northern South America. Covers from Honduras and the Windward Isles south as far as 12 degrees south latitude. This region, known since the days of Co... More

1775 Bonne Map of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Western Amazon - Geo...

A beautiful example of Jan Janvier's 1762 decorative map of Peru. Covers the western parts of South America from just north of the Equator south as far as the Tropic of Capricorn. Includes the modern day nati... More

1775 Lattre and Janvier Map of the World on a Hemisphere Projection - ...

A beautiful and impressive map of the world drawn by Jean Janvier in 1775. Depicts the entire world on a double hemisphere projection. North America appears with a fair approximation of accuracy though the w... More

1776 Bonne Map of the Hudson Bay, Canada - Geographicus - HudsonBay-bo...

This is an important map of the Hudson Bay and the surrounding areas issued in 1776 by the French cartographer Rigobert Bonne. Covers much of what is today northeastern Canada from Lake Winnipeg to Greenland i... More

1780 Bonne Map of Northern South America, Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil ...

This remarkable map of the Northern South America (Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil) by Rigobert Bonne was made in 1780. Bonne was the successor to Bellin as head Engineer of the French Hydrographe del l... More

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Chile - Geographicus - Chili-bonne-1780

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guillaume Raynal’s 1780 map of Chile. Covers modern day Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, and Cape Horn. Shows numerous fictional mountain... More

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Guyana and Surinam - Geographicus - Guyan...

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guilleme Raynal’s 1780 map of northeastern South America, depicting Guyana (Guyane). Covers parts of British Guyana, Dutch Surinam in the north, French Guyana (Guyane), mod... More

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Northern South America - Geographicus - G...

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guilleme Raynal’s 1780 map of Northern South America. This map includes the area stretching from modern day Ecuador, Panama, and Columbia, to Venezuela, Guyane, Surinam, a... More

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Peru - Geographicus - Perou-bonne-1780

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guillaume Raynal’s 1780 map of Peru. Covers from the Pacific well into the Amazon and as far south as the Aconcagua Desert. Shows Tradewinds in the pacific and shows mounta... More

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of South America - Geographicus - AmeriqueMe...

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guillaume Raynal’s 1780 map of South America. Highly detailed, showing towns, rivers, some topographical features, and political boundaries. Names a number of speculative ... More

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Southern Brazil, Northern Argentina, Urug...

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal’s 1780 map of southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina, including Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires. This map generally corresponds to modern d... More

1785 Clouet Map of North America and South America - Geographicus - Am...

This is a beautifully hand colored 1785 map of North America and South America. The cartography of the North America west coast is conjectural at best, with islands, inland seas, and hopeful northwest passages... More

1786 Brion de la Tour Map of South and North America - Geographicus - ...

A hard to find 1786 map of the North America and South America by French cartographer Louis Brion de la Tour. Depicts the whole of North and South America with several interesting cartographic features. The A... More

1794 Samuel Dunn Wall Map of the World in Hemispheres - Geographicus -...

An absolutely stunning and monumental double hemisphere wall map of the world by Samuel Dunn dating to 1794. This extraordinary map is so large and so rich in detail that it is exceptionally challenging to do ... More

1795 D'Anville Wall Map of South America - Geographicus - SouthAmerica...

A Map of South America — containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia from M. d'Anville with Several Improvements and Additions, and The ... More

1796 Mannert Map of North America and South America - Geographicus - A...

An extremely scarce 1796 map of north and south America by C. Mannert. Depicts the Americas shortly following the close of the American Revolutionary War in 1783. The whole is color coded according to politi... More

1799 Cary Map of the Western Hemisphere ( America ^ Polynesia ) - Geog...

An attractive example of John Cary’s spectacular 1799 map of the Western Hemisphere. Covers the entirety of North America, South America, the Pacific Ocean and much of Polynesia. Europe is mapped according to ... More

1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of South America - Geographicus - SouthAmer...

A fine 1799 map of South America by the English mapmaker Clement Cruttwell. Covers all of South America as well as parts of Central America as far north as Honduras. Crutwell identifies a number of indigenous... More

1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of West Indies - Geographicus - WestIndies-...

A fine 1799 map of the West Indies by the English mapmaker Clement Cruttwell. Shows what was then known as West and East Florida, along with the Bahamas Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Domingo, and Puerto Rico (Porto ... More

1803 Cary Map of Florida, Central America, the Bahamas, and the West I...

A beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1803 map of Florida, Central America and the West Indies. Covers from Texas (called Cenis) eastward to the Carolinas and the Bahamas, and then southward past Florid... More

1806 Cary Map of the Western Hemisphere ( North America and South Amer...

An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1806 Map of North and South America. Covers the entirety of the Western Hemisphere with a focus on North and South America. In North America the fle... More

1807 Cary Map of South America - Geographicus - SouthAmerica-cary-1807

A fine example of John Cary’s spectacular 1807 two sheet map of South America. Covers the entirety of South America on two sheets. The upper sheet details the region from Cuba southwards as far as Lake Titic... More