SOLD Early 1850s Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of South America polychrome santos The black paint of the

The black paint of the shoes was topped with varnish

steady on its feet and with drawers all opening and closing easily (though they are not interchangable

of which there are only two "pages"--with the black of course matching the color of the ink this would for the most part be wiping

very sharp and clear

Some surface scratching and a few dings

SOLD Early 1850s Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of South America polychrome santos The black paint of theI managed to find the published map this hand drawn one was based on, printed as a engraving in Samuel Augustus Mitchell's(1792 1868) Mitchell's School and Family Geography, 1839. Though interesting now to see Chili spelled with an "i" and Buenos Ayres as a country, etc., this hand drawn version is pretty true to the published one except a million times better for being hand done! Excellent hand lettering in a young hand all over, and wonderful