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South America.

An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare 1855 map South America. Covers the entire continent from the Caribbean to Tierra del Fuego and from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Includes the Galapagos, Juan Fernandez, Falkland and South Georgia island groups. Throughout the map Colton identifies various cities, towns, forts, rivers, rapids, fords, and an assortment of additional topographical details. Map is hand colored in pink, green, yellow and blue pastels to define national and regional boundaries. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border. Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published as page no. 58 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.

Date
1855
Mapmaker / publisher
Category:Colton's Atlas of the World (1855)
Place
South America
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
3,335 × 4,000 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"South America." (1855). Category:Colton's Atlas of the World (1855), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1855_Colton_Map_of_South_America_-_Geographicus_-_SouthAmerica-colton-1855.jpg

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