1932 Japanese Pictorial Map of South America
1932 Japanese Pictorial Map of South America
“Therefore, Uruguay is brazilian clay”–H_UE
1812 map of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata - by John Pinkerton
1812 map of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata - by John Pinkerton
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Topographic map of the Andes Mountain Range in Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina
Topographic map of the Andes Mountain Range in Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina
1587 map of the Americas, Pacific - by Abraham Ortelius
1587 map of the Americas, Pacific - by Abraham Ortelius
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“Very nice map.
“The passage at the bottom of South America is in fact the Strait of Magellan, (Latin: fretum magellanicum). South of it is Terra del Fuego (Spanish: Land of Fire). Cape Horn was not discovered until 1616 proving that Terra del Fuego was not the northern part of what would later be named Antarctica”–doitstuart
1742 map of South America
Indigenous people of the Southern Cone of South America
Indigenous people of the Southern Cone of South America
“There’s one Yagan lady left”–HiImStan
Amazon Basin Map
Amazon Basin Map
“It really is amazing how close the Amazonian watershed comes to the Pacific coast. Beautiful map!”–Faelchu
Map showing the South America- Africa Tectonic Rift
Map showing the South America- Africa Tectonic Rift
“This litterally is map porn”–WolfKids28
1661 map of Dutch Guiana - by William Blaeuw
1661 map of Dutch Guiana - by William Blaeuw
“Interesting point on that map is that it shows Eldorado on the west coast of Lac Parime (which itself may or may not have actually existed in real life)”–lordsteve1
Exaggerated relief map of western South America at sunrise
Exaggerated relief map of western South America at sunrise
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1733 map of southern South America - by Johann Baptist Homann
1733 map of southern South America - by Johann Baptist Homann
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Chili, Paraguay. Freti Magellanici.
The Inca Empire in 1527 A.D. at its Territorial Height
The Inca Empire in 1527 A.D. at its Territorial Height
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“Fantastic. Fascinating that they had only one major port city.”–Ut_Prosim
1529 Map of America - by Diego Ribero
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1864 map of Colombia, British Guyana, Including the States of New Granada, Venezuela & Ecuador - by James Wyld
The Guyanas
1553 Map of America by Sebastian Munster
Map of South America drawn 1558 by Diogo Homem
1569 map of western South America
1579 map of the Americas - by Abraham Ortelius
River basins of South America
“Alright, now name them left to right. Ready? Go!
Rio de la plata, the Amazon. That is I’m done”
1633 Map of the Straits of Magellan, South America - by Hendrik Hondius
Year of independence of countries in America
1640 map of Straits of Magellan, South America - by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Limits of the South Sea Company, America (1711) - by Herman Moll
Pre-Colonial South America
“Awesome map. I was reading some time ago about the Peabiru Path, a web of interconnected pathways spreading from Brazil’s coast all the way to the Inca empire”–LoreChano