COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Text page: Colton's General Atlas.
Obj Height cm:
45
Obj Width cm:
36
Note:
Discusses the sources of the various maps. Author's note: " A knowledge of Geography is most easily acquired by the study of perfect and authentic maps... The maps referring to the United States have been drawn from the public archives. The surveys made under the authority of the General Land Office and Coast-Survey Office... Maps of the country north of the United states have been chiefly drawn from the colonial Surveys...."
Reference:
P3564,4354.
Full Title:
(Text Page) Publishers' Advertisement.
List No:
4587.005
Series No:
5
Pub Date:
1874
Pub Title:
Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1874. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference:
P3564,4354.
Pub Note:
This copy is the same content as our other 1874. Maps depict counties or states in full color. Relief shown by hachures.
Pub List No:
4587.000
Pub Maps:
106
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
4587005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
G. W & C. B. Colton & Co.
Type:
Text Page
Engraver or Printer:
Wise, C.
Engraver or Printer:
Chapman, F.A.
Engraver or Printer:
Hart & Mapother.
Engraver or Printer:
Colton, J.H.
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Date:
1874
Text page: Colton's General Atlas.
