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Colton’s Palestine

Description:

Relief shown by hachures. Inset map: Arabia Petræa. Scale [ca. 1:3,800,000]. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by J.H. Colton & Co. ..." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Text on verso with caption title: Arabia, or Arabistan.. In upper margin: No. 119. Probably issued in: Colton's general atlas ... New York : G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1866. George W. and Charles B. Colton took over the business founded by their father Joseph H. around 1865. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9970608993506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/dj52w841h

Language:

en and English

Creator:

J.H. Colton & Co.

Publisher:

New York : Published by G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., c1855.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Israel—Maps, Palestine—Maps, Sinai (Egypt)—Maps, Maps—Egypt—Sinai—1855, Maps—Israel—1855, Maps—Palestine—1855, and Maps

Theme:

Israel—Maps, Palestine—Maps, Sinai (Egypt)—Maps, Maps—Egypt—Sinai—1855, Maps—Israel—1855, Maps—Palestine—1855, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Israel and Egypt

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF