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

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

Resource Link:

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

Identifier:

UMN_ALMA:9929847210001701

Language:

eng

Creator:

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

Publisher:

Joseph H. Colton (New York)

Provider:

University of Minnesota

Resource Class:

Maps

Temporal Coverage:

1853

Date Issued:

1853

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Public

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JPEG