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J. H. Colton: The United States of America   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
The United States of America
Description
English: An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare map of the United States. Covers the United States from Coast to coast and shows a very early configuration of the Transmississippi. Nebraska is shown at its fullest, extending from Kansas to the Canadian border. Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, West Virginia, and Nevada do not yet appear on the map. Identifies Pikes Peak, Fremont's Peak, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and the Three Tetons. Also identifies the paths taken by various important explores including Fremont and Humboldt. Indicates the three major proposed routes for the Pacific Railroad. Names numerous American Indian nations throughout. Hand colored in pink, green, yellow and blue pastels. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border. Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published as page nos. 7-8 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World .
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 16 in (40.6 cm); width: 27 in (68.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,27U218593
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Geographicus link: UnitedStates-colton-1855
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 1, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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