Colonial Possession Sea Shipping routes World map scarce 1873 antique German mapErdkarte Seepostschifffahrt und Colonial Besitz (World on Mercators Projection showing sea routes & major sea ports plus Colonial possessions around the world) Issued 1873, Hildburghausen, Germany for Ravenstein & Meyer Detailed and very scarce original old lithographed color map. German language map. Below the title (in German) is seen a list of 9 world powers which then controlled distant lands around the world. These include the U. S., Denmark,