South America sheet IV La Plata and Chilé

Coloured map of the north of Chile and Argentina. On it we can observe the administrative borders differentiated by colours of the regions of Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Patagonia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil. Worth noting is the regional differentiation that we can see on the map between the Republic of Argentina and Patagonia. This map was published in London in the year 1840 by the S.D.U.K. (“Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge”). This British society was an organisation dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge by means of accessible and detailed maps. It published atlases and geographical charts of high quality, promoting cartographic education. Its works combined precision and affordability, broadening access to geography. Worth noting is the appearance on the map of the Juan Fernández archipelago. As for the illustration, we can see how, to show us the relief, shading is used that accompanies the map. We are also shown various lakes and lagoons with a bluish tone that make them stand out from the rest of the geographical features. Among the most notable localities that we find on the map we can see Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción, Córdoba, San Luis, San Juan and Santiago. In addition, on this map we find that Atacama forms part of Bolivian territory and that it gave it access to the sea, but this territory would come to form part of Chile at the end of that same century.