Here you have a wonderful bit of VINTAGE HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA! Please...SEE THE SCANS! This is the original antique 1855 hand colored map of SOUTHERN AFRICA published by JOSEPH HUTCHINS COLTON in his original 1855 ATLAS OF THE WORLD. This map includes SOUTH AFRICA long before union: CAPE COLONY, BRITISH KAFRARIA, THE TRANSVAAL REPUBLIC, NATAL and ZULU COUNTRY... MADAGASCAR and MOZAMBIQUE are delineated.  The plate was neatly removed from the atlas. This measures 17 3/4 inches X 15 1/4 inches. The bordered map inside the margins measures 12 1/2 inches X 15 1/2 inches. Though this has been stored flat for decades, there are vestiges of vertical creases. There is a half-inch cut on the lower edge. The overall aspect is VG+. Not mint but gently treated and a tough find after more than a century and a half! THIS WOULD LOOK GREAT IN A FRAME! This is a great piece FOR THE COLLECTOR! Take it home with you!  GOOD LUCK! Please Check Out My Ebay Store for more great memorabilia!  I am happy to send this to any country. 1st class international air postage will be charged.  More excellent packaging, with the map carefully rolled and sent in a sturdy mailing tube, with free shipping here in the United States!  THANKS!   102021