J. H. Colton

The United States of America.

Handcolored engraving, 1855.
15 1/2 x 26" (394 x 660 mm) plus margins.
Good condition save for a minor vertical stain along centerfold. Original hand coloring. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 80235
Price: $295.00
Publisher : Published by J.H.Colton & Co., No. 172 William St. New York. A decorative and well-engraved map from "Colton's General Atlas." A nice overall map of the U.S. that displays the early western states configurations of the time. A large Nebraska that encompasses all of todays Montana, Dakotas and Wyoming. Oregon and Washington both extend eastward encompassing todays Idaho. A oversize "Kanzas" and Utah. Notes proposed two transcontinental railway routes that would not be built until after the Civil War.. Maps

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