Western Hemisphere

Description

Printed map. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the United States, for the Southern District of New York." In upper left margin, "No. 11." Text on facing page under the heading, "General view of the world." Map on verso, "Colton's map of the world on Mercator's projection". Probably originally published in Colton's Atlas of the World (1855), or Colton's General Atlas (1857).