[MAP] Johnson's South America (c. 1861)

[MAP] Johnson's South America. New York: Johnson and Browning, c. 1861. [10389] Large double-plate hand-colored map, 46 x 67.5 cm (18 x 26 3/4 inches), suitable for framing. There is a short repair at the left edge of the fold, repaired from the back side. Will ship folded at center, as found. Removed from a bound volume, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Very good.  This map shows roads, rivers, counties, and locales. We think it is based upon an older H. H. Colton map.  The countries and districts are hand-painted in colors. Patagonia appears to be its own territory or country on this map. It has the Gulf of Mexico and Florida at the top and South Sheltand at the bottom. The routes of explorers with the date of exploration are marked out in the seas. The Johnson and Browning imprint dates this map between 1860 and 1862. There is an inset illustration of Cape Horn. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), b. Wallingford, Vermont; school teacher, for some years a book and map seller for