Colton's map of the United States of America, the British provences, Mexico, and the West Indies : showing the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

Author(s)

Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893

Description

Shows country and state boundaries, Indian territories, names of state capitals, cities, towns, rivers, lakes, inlets, gulfs, mountains, railroads, and canals.; Relief shown by hachures.; Formerly a wall-map.; Prime meridians: Greenwich & Washington, D.C.; Insets: Map of Newfoundland -- Southeastern part of the West Indies -- Map of Central America.; Includes notes and ill. with foliate border framing entire map.; Includes legend of explanations,"Statistics of the United States, an abstract of the of the Census of 1850", and table of distances.; At lower left hand margin: "Entered according to Act of Congress, December, in the year 1853 by Joseph H. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."|121 x 136 centimeters, each 70 x 77 centimeters. or smaller|Scale approximately 1:400,000|General Map Collection

Publisher

Joseph H. Colton (New York)

Year

1853

Held by

Minnesota

More details at

https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll230:1073