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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay - Geographicus - ArgentinaChile-colton-1855.jpg An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare 1855 map Chile Argentina Paraguay and Uruguay Covers from Bolivia to Patagonia and from the Pacific to the Atlantic Shows Bolivia's claims to the Atacama Desert which is today part of Chile Indentifies a number of important mountains including Aconcagua the highest elevation in South America 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 62 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 13 16 object history credit line accession number ArgentinaChile-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 1 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of Argentina Old maps of Chile Old maps of Paraguay Old maps of Uruguay 1855 maps | ||||
