Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1875. Map. Steel engraving with original hand colored outline. Image measures 15" x 18". This lovely 1875 map was published by Justus Perthes. The map depicts the eastern Pacific Ocean showing much of North America and the western coast of South America. Several Pacific Islands are identified throughout, including the Hawaiian, Polynesian, and Marquises Island groups, as are important cities, lakes, rivers, mountains, and other topography. Seventeen insets in the right half of the sheet detail the... More