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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of Chile - Geographicus - Chili-pinkerton-1818.jpg This is John Pinkerton's stunning 1818 map of Chile Covers the southwestern coast of South America from the Atacama Desert to the Isle of Chiloe This beautifully rendered map is truly a masterpiece of engraving with mountain ranges lakes deserts and rivers excited with such precision that the result appears almost three dimensional Pinkerton injections astounding detail throughout with countless towns cities geographical features rivers islands and bodies of water noted Names numerous important mountains and volcanoes in the Andes including Aconcagua the largest mountain in South America Possibly the finest atlas map of Chile to appear in the 19th century Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map was issued in the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 20 5 28 object history credit line accession number Chili-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of Chile 1818 maps Maps in English Robinson Crusoe Island | ||||
