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:
P6155.
Full Title:
(Text Page) Publishers' Advertisement.
List No:
4825.005
Series No:
5
Pub Date:
1866
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. London: Bacon & Co., 48 Paternoster Row. 1866. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference:
P6155.
Pub Note:
Has letter from J.H. Colton to his Pastor tipped in. Phillips shows 1860 and 1864 editions, with none in between. Colton might not have published the General Atlas in this period because of the Family Atlas collaboration with Johnson (just saw an 1862 & 1863 listed in World - Brit Museum, but maybe small editions were run?). That collaboration ended in 1863 (we believe) when Colton's name was dropped from the direct title page credits. Ristow states (p325) that Colton retired in 1864, and the General Atlas thereafter was published by G.W. & C.B. Phillips does not list this 1865 (which has J.H. as publisher) but has 1866 (P6155) published by G.W. & C.B. Colton adds the "Johnson" western states maps in this edition (and may have done this also in 1864), while Johnson drops them in 1864 and replaces them with maps of unknown source.
Pub List No:
4825.000
Pub Maps:
119
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
4825005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
G.W. & C.B. Colton
Type:
Advertisement
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Date:
1866
Text page: Colton's General Atlas.
