Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Frontispiece: Colton's General Atlas.

Author: 
Colton, G.W.
Date: 
1874
Short Title: 
Frontispiece: Colton's General Atlas.
Publisher: 
G. W & C. B. Colton & Co.
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Frontispiece
Obj Height cm: 
44
Obj Width cm: 
36
Note: 
Large vignette showing four women studying the globe surrounded by symbols of learning, time, arts, civilization, and navigation.
Reference: 
P3564,4354.
World Area: 
World
Full Title: 
(Frontispiece to) Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1874. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
List No: 
4587.002
Series No: 
2
Engraver or Printer: 
Wise, C.
Engraver or Printer: 
Colton, J.H.
Engraver or Printer: 
Chapman, F.A.
Engraver or Printer: 
Hart & Mapother.
Publication Author: 
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Publication Author: 
Colton, G.W.
Pub Date: 
1874
Pub Title: 
Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1874. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference: 
P3564,4354.
Pub Note: 
This copy is the same content as our other 1874. Maps depict counties or states in full color. Relief shown by hachures.
Pub List No: 
4587.000
Pub Type: 
World Atlas
Pub Maps: 
106
Pub Height cm: 
45
Pub Width cm: 
39
Image No: 
4587002
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Authors: 
Colton, G.W.