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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of the World on Mercator Projection - Geographicus - WorldMercator-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the World on a Mercator Projection Centered on the continent of America this map of the world is hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels This map is a reduction and re-engraving of Colton's important 1848 wall map of the world Colton identifies the routes taken by various important explorers including Cook Vancouver Vincennes and Perouse A notes at the bottom of the map describes the 1841 discoveries of Mt Terror and Mt Erebus in Antarctica by Captain Ross Much of central Africa is marked Unexplored Regions Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City Issued as page nos 8 and 9 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 27 16 object history credit line accession number WorldMercator-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 2 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton 1850s maps of the world 1855 maps Maps showing 19th-century history Political maps of the world Maps of voyages Maps with Mercator projection Global maps centered 120W English language maps of Earth | ||||
