Patagonia (1853)

1853 map of Patagonia by Joseph Meyer. It includes Patagonia (part of modern day Argentina and Chile) as well as the Falkland Islands. An inset in the lower right quadrant features the South Orkney Island, the South Shetland Islands and the South Georgia Island. When this map was created, the region was largely unexplored. The map identifies speculative river courses, recently discovered lakes and other important topographical features along the coast. The map identifies the Falkland Islands - currently a British dependency. An inset in the lower right quadrant features the South Georgia Island - one of the most remote and southernmost islands on earth and the South Orkney Island. These Antarctic islands are rarely visited and were discovered by British seal hunters in 1821.