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Colton's map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and Venezuela.

Title
Colton's map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and Venezuela. [cartographic material]
Author
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Published by J.H. Colton & Co., 1859

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Additional Authors
  • Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-
  • Barnard, William S., approximately 1809-
  • Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901.
Description
1 map : hand colored; 75 x 95 cm, on sheet 89 x 112 cm
Alternative Title
  • Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico ...
  • Map of the United States & Mexico
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US011.3.02
Subject
North America > Maps
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
  • Shows drainage, roads, railroads, etc.
  • Includes table of distances, vignettes and ornamental border.
  • "engraved by John M. Atwood ; border desig'd & eng'd by W.S. Barnard"
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Colton in the clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
  • Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West
Contents
Insets: A map of the Atlantic Ocean showing the American & European ports and routes of the ocean steamers. [Scale approximately 1:31,000,000] -- The Isthmus of Panama showing the routes of travel between Chagres & Panama. [Scale approximately 1:1,000,000].
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5115
OCLC
58460007
Author
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893, cartographer.
Title
Colton's map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America with part of New Granada and Venezuela. [cartographic material]
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Published by J.H. Colton & Co., 1859
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:6,500,000 (W 126°--W 52°/N 50°--N 8°).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.10, page 184, column 1, row 6
Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, v. 4, no. 970
Source
US011.3.02
Place of Publication
United States New York (State) New York.
Added Author
Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-
Barnard, William S., approximately 1809-
Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901.
Cover Title
Map of the United States & Mexico
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5115
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