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J. H. Colton: Virginia.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Virginia.
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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)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: Virginia-colton-1855
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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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