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| Keywords: 1846 Burroughs - Mitchell Map of Argentina, Uruguay, Chili in South America - Geographicus - LaPlata-m-1946.jpg This scarce hand colored map is a lithographic engraving of Chili La Plata and Uruguay dating to 1846 by the legendary American Mapmaker S A Mitchell the elder Mostly depicts modern day Argentina There is an inset of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego on the bottom right There is no engraver listed but this is most likely a Burroughs map H N Burroughs is a mysterious transitional engraver whose work for the Mitchell firm appears in 1846 between that of H S Tanner and Mitchell himself Ristow notes Nothing is known about Burroughs but he was undoubtedly an employee or associate of Mitchell His fine and detailed work appears only in certain hard to find mid 1840s editions of the Mitchell ™s Atlas 1846 Size in 15 12 5 object history credit line accession number LaPlata-m-1946 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Old maps of Argentina Old maps of Chile Old maps of Uruguay 1846 maps Maps in English 1846 in Uruguay 1846 in Argentina 1846 in Chile | ||||
