COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Colton, J.H.
Date:
1852
Short Title:
United States, The Canadas
Publisher:
J.H. Colton.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Pocket Map
Obj Height cm:
65
Obj Width cm:
77
Scale 1:
4,000,000
Note:
Outline color by state, folded into dark gray modern cloth covers 15x10 with "Colton's Map Of The United States And The Canadas" in gilt. Issued separately in pocket map form, linen backed (High Ridge #108 in Cat 18), and in the Traveler's and Tourist's Guide Book (and Route Book) Through the United States of America and the Canadas. First edition was 1850 (Howes C623) by Colton; Howes says the guide is descended from J. Calvin Smith's Guide of 1846; the map is slightly larger scale than the Smith and larger in size, and it is clearly related. Another example of the Colton/Smith relationship - this Guide, the Western Guide, and the Large Map of the U.S. and the Canadas. This map is derived from the large wall map of the United States of America (see our #3960). The division between the two plates used to make this portion of the wall map is visible in Tenn. and N. Carolina. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C.
Reference:
P-Maps 906 (1857 ed.); Sabin 14793(1851).
Country:
Canada
Country:
United States
Full Title:
Colton's Map Of The United States, The Canadas &c. Showing The Rail Roads, Canals & Stage Roads: With Distances from Place to Place. Published by J.H. Colton No. 86 Cedar St., New York, 1852. (inset) Map Of New England And Eastern New York. (inset) Map Of The United States, Central America &c. (inset) The Isthmus Of Panama Showing the Routes Of Travel Between Chagres & Panama.
List No:
0172.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Colton, J.H.
Pub Date:
1852
Pub Title:
Colton's Map Of The United States, The Canadas &c. Showing The Rail Roads, Canals & Stage Roads: With Distances from Place to Place. Published by J.H. Colton No. 86 Cedar St., New York, 1852. (inset) Map Of New England And Eastern New York. (inset) Map Of The United States, Central America &c. (inset) The Isthmus Of Panama Showing the Routes Of Travel Between Chagres & Panama.
Pub Reference:
P-Maps 906 (1857 ed.); Sabin 14793(1851).
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
0172.000
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Pub Height cm:
15
Pub Width cm:
10
Image No:
0172002
Authors:
Colton, J.H.
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United States, The Canadas
