Colton's illustrated & embellished steel plate map of the world on Mercator's projection : compiled from the latest & most authentic sources exhibiting the recent Arctic and Antarctic discoveries & explorations /

• Main Author: Johnson, D. Griffing.
• Format: Map
• Language: English
• Published: New York : J.H. Colton 1854
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Peacock; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200.ct002354

Relief shown by hachures. Includes illustrations of cities and people along filigreed border. Inset: view of Antarctic Continent as seen by the U.S. Ship Peacock, January 19th, 1840. 4 x 29 cm. List of distances to and from various cities around the world at the top of map. An explanation of project...