File:1855 Colton Map of Virginia - Geographicus - Virginia-colton-1855.jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description	American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death	5 July 1800	29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893
Location of birth/death	Longmeadow	New York City
Authority file	: Q6105865 VIAF: 5230755 ISNI: 0000000073676416 LCCN: n50031700 Open Library: OL177683A SUDOC: 243212860 WorldCat

Title

Virginia.

Description

English: A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Virginia. Covers the entire state as well most of adjacent Maryland and parts of North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. Predates split with West Virginia by seven years. Map is hand colored in pink, green, yellow and blue pastels to identify counties. Identifies towns, cities, railroads, roads and some topographical features. Features maps of Richmond (with Manchester and Spring Hill) and Norfolk (with Portsmouth and Gosport). Names the Cumberland Gap, Chesapeake Bay, Alleghany and Shenandoah Mountains, and the Dismal Swamp. 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. 25 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.

Date

1855 (dated)

Dimensions

height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)

Accession number

Geographicus link: Virginia-colton-1855

Source/Photographer

Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 1, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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