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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. - Geographicus - Patagonia-colton-1855.jpg An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare 1855 Patagonia the Falkland Islands South Georgia Islands and the Powell Group Divided into four maps Left hand map covers Patagonia which when this map was made remained largely unexplored Shows speculative river courses recently discovered lakes and offers notations on various explorers to the region Upper right map details South Orkney or Powell's Group These Antarctic islands are rarely visited and were discovered by British seal hunters in 1821 The right center map details the Falkland Islands - currently a British dependency The lower right map details South Georgia Islands - one of the most remote and southernmost islands on Earth Throughout the map Colton identifies various cities towns forts rivers rapids fords and an assortment of additional topographical details Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published as page no 63 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 Patagonia-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 Patagonia Old maps of South Georgia Old maps of South Orkney Islands Old maps of the Falkland Islands 1855 maps | ||||
