Map of Brazil and Paraguay

Historical 1828 cartographic map of Brazil and Paraguay

This antique engraved map displays a detailed 1828 geographic perspective of Brazil and Paraguay, covering a vast expanse of South America from the Guianas down to the Rio de la Plata. Engraved by cartographer Sidney Hall and published in London by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, the hand-colored outline illustration captures the evolving political and territorial boundaries of the newly independent Empire of Brazil shortly after its separation from Portuguese colonial rule.

South American topography and regional hydrography

The lower right corner features a clean, classical title block indicating the focal nations along with measured scale bars in English miles and Portuguese leagues. The map’s detailed terrain topography utilizes precise hachures to represent mountain ranges, coastal hills, and complex inland drainage basins, showcasing the extensive networks of the Amazon, Paraná, and Paraguay rivers that defined early travel, trade, and colonial exploration routes across the continent.