COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Topographical Map Of The West Indies
Obj Height cm:
48
Obj Width cm:
69
Scale 1:
4,750,000
Note:
This is the extraordinary reuse of an actual Pinkerton map plate of 1809 to make a pocket map in 1852. Colton has taken the almost fifty year old Pinkerton copper plate, made some corrections to the topography (see erased lake in Florida) and added modern features such as railroads in Cuba, new settlements, and a list of Geographical Statistics in the upper right. He probably reissued it because the Pinkerton map is beautifully done and most of the basic topography remained correct. Where he got the plate is somewhat of a mystery, although it may have been obtained from successors to the Philadelphia publisher Thomas Dobson who issued the Philadelphia edition of Pinkerton's Modern Atlas in 1818 (see our #4840). Neele and Hebert are still credited below the neat line. Map is folded into stamped brown cloth covers 14.5x9 with "Map Of The West Indies J.H. Colton" in gilt. Full color. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
Reference:
see Colton Catalogue for 1853.
Full Title:
Topographical Map Of The West Indies And The Adjacent Coasts By John Pinkerton, Revised, Corrected and Published by J.H. Colton. No. 86 Cedar St. New York, 1853. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352, Strand.
List No:
2828.002
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1853
Pub Title:
Topographical Map Of The West Indies And The Adjacent Coasts By John Pinkerton, Revised, Corrected and Published by J.H. Colton. No. 86 Cedar St. New York, 1853. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352, Strand.
Pub Reference:
see Colton Catalogue for 1853.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2828.000
Pub Height cm:
15
Pub Width cm:
9
Image No:
2828002
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
J. H. Colton.
Type:
Pocket Map
World Area:
West Indies
Engraver or Printer:
Hebert, L.
Engraver or Printer:
Neele
Engraver or Printer:
Pinkerton, John.
Publication Author:
Colton, J. H.
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Author:
Colton, J. H.
Date:
1853
Topographical Map Of The West Indies
