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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Australia - Geographicus - Australia-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Australia Covers the entire continent including Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land Colton's mappings of Australia updated annually through the 1860s offer a comprehensive overview of the mapping and exploration of the continent's interior This map notes Stuart's Farthest Point a few rivers and little else in the vast and desolate continental interior Where known Colton identifies various cities towns forts rivers desert oases and an assortment of additional topographical details 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 no 32 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 16 13 5 object history credit line accession number Australia-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 Old maps of Australia | ||||
