19thc J.H. Colton Map of Patagonia, Faulkland Islands

Unbound, uncolored engraving, map of Patagonia with inset maps of South Orkney or Powell's Croup, Falkland Islands & South Georgia Island, by J. H. Colton, from the 1857 edition of Colton's General Atlas. 13 1/2" X 17". Beginning with J. H. Colton (1800-1893), the Colton family published atlases for over 30 years. Colton's Atlas of the World was first published in 1855 in a large two-volume set. In 1857 it became Colton's General Atlas, and Colton's sons, George Woolworth and Charles B. would take over the business.