This map of Argentina was created by Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán in 1887 and published a year later, in 1888, as part of the Geographical Atlas of the Argentine Republic.
This map shows the administrative division of Argentina at the end of the 19th century, when there was still a distinction between the fourteen provinces that were part of the founding of Argentina (Córdoba, Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Mendoza, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Tucumán, and Buenos Aires) and the governorates, as the nine new provinces created from national territories were known: La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Misiones, Formosa and Chaco.
Several territorial disputes are still present on this map. On the one hand, the province of Tarija was still considered a legal part of Argentina, although it is now part of Bolivia. On the other hand, the Puna de Atacama was entirely part of Chile, but 80% of it became part of Argentina. Both disputes were resolved in 1889, in the context of the treaty signed between Bolivia and Argentina.


