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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Antarctica, the South Pole, or the Southern Polar Regions - Geographicus - SouthernRegions-colton-1855.jpg An excellent example of Colton ™s c 1855 map of the South Pole Antarctica or the Southern Polar Regions Sows the Great Southern Continent with both solid and tentatively sketched in borders Notes the travels of important Antarctic explorers of the previous 20 years or so including Wilkes 1840 Bellinghausen 1820 Ross 1840 - 1843 KIempt 1833 Cook 1773 - 1774 and Biscoe 1831 Generally gives an excellent overview of the state Antarctic exploration and discovery around 1855 Prepared by J H Colton as map no XIII in the 1855 or 1856 edition of Colton's Atlas of The World Published from Colton ™s 172 William Str Office in New York 1855 dated Size in 13 16 object history credit line accession number SouthernRegions-colton-1855 <i>Colton's Atlas Of The World Illustrating Physical And Political Geography By George W Colton </i> 1855 or 1856 edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of Antarctica 1855 maps 1855 in Antarctica | ||||
