This map, drawn by Manuel María Paz, adapting the cartographic work of Agustín Codazzi, was published in 1889 as part of the Geographical and historical atlas of the Republic of Colombia. Specifically, it depicts Gran Colombia and its divisions in 1824.
Gran Colombia was a state formed at the Congress of Angostura in 1819, led by Simón Bolívar, which remained united until 1831. It covered the territory of the present-day countries of Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia.
This map shows the territorial organisation of 1824, divided into 12 departments: Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Cauca, Istmo, Orinoco, Venezuela, Apure, Zulia, Ecuador, Azuay and Guayaquil.
As this map is included in a historical atlas of Colombia, the author also highlights with a red line the extent of Colombia at the time the atlas was published in 1889.


