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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Turkey in Europe, Macedonia, and the Balkans - Geographicus - TurkeyEurope-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Turkey in Europe Covers from Moldova to Greece and from the Adriatic to the Black Sea Color coded according to regions which include the modern day nations of Greece Turkey Macedonia Albania Bosnia Serbia Croatia Bulgaria Montenegro and Moldova An in set in the lower left quadrant details the Bosporus and Istanbul Constantinople Another inset in the lower right details the island of Candia or Crete Throughout Colton identifies various cities towns rivers and assortment of additional topographical details Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City Issued as page no 22 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 16 13 5 object history credit line accession number TurkeyEurope-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 2 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old Administrative Maps of the Ottoman Empire Maps of sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire Maps of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th-century | ||||
