File:1855 Map of Patagonia, Argentina (Falkland Islands) - Geographicus - Patagonia-cbl-1855.jpg

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J. H. Colton: Patagonia. - South Orkney or Powell’s Group. - Falkland Islands. - South Georgia Island.   (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
Patagonia. - South Orkney or Powell’s Group. - Falkland Islands. - South Georgia Island.
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English: Rare map of Patagonia (Argentina) with side panel maps of South Orkney (Powell’s Group), the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia Island. Shows the area in considerable detail including notations by important explorers, geographical commentary, and political data. Dated and copyrighted “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.” Published from J. B. Colton’s 172 William Str. Office in New York.
Date 1855
date QS:P571,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 12 in (30.4 cm); width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,15U218593
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Geographicus link: Patagonia-cbl-1855
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