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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of North America - Geographicus - NorthAmerica-colton-1855.jpg An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare map of North America Covers the continent from South America to the Arctic inclusive of the United States Canada Mexico Central America and the West Indies The United States portion of this map contains a early territorial configuration of the Transmississippi Nebraska is shown at its fullest extending from Kansas to the Canadian border Montana Wyoming Idaho Arizona Colorado West Virginia and Nevada do not yet appear on the map Notes Russian claims to Alaska Identifies Pikes Peak Fremont's Peak Mt Rainier Mt St Helens and the Three Tetons Hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published as page no 2 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 13 16 object history credit line accession number NorthAmerica-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 1 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of North America 1855 maps | ||||
