SOLD Early 1850s Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of South America polychrome santos A few dings to the

A few dings to the surface of the painting here and there

very sharp and clear

as does END carved into one side

The dramatic curve of the road (I assume) at the right

she is in great shape

SOLD Early 1850s Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of South America polychrome santos A few dings to 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