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 .
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1855 (dated)
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