Venezuela, New Granada and Ecuador.

1855 Colton Map of Columbia

An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare 1855 map Venezuela, New Granada (Columbia), and Ecuador. Covers from the Pacific to Guyana and from Peru to the Caribbean. Includes Panama. Offers notes an various indigenous groups naming numerous tribes. 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. 59 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.

Date

1855

Place

Colombia

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

atlas page

Original size

4,000 × 3,323 pixels

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