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| Keywords: 1857 Colton Map of Connecticut and Long Island - Geographicus - Connecticut-colton-1857.jpg A beautiful 1857 example of Colton's map of Connecticut and Long Island Covers the entire state as well as the whole of Long Island Block Island and the Long Island Sound Like most of Colton's state maps this map is largely derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D Griffing Johnson Colton identifies various cities towns forts rivers rapids fords and an assortment of additional topographical details Map is hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels to define county and state boundaries From the uncommon borderless edition of Colton's Atlas Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City Issued as page no 17 in George Washington Colton's 1857 Atlas of the World 1857 dated 1855 Size in 16 12 5 object history credit line accession number Connecticut-colton-1857 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> New York 1857 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of Connecticut 1857 maps | ||||
