Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893). Colton’s Map of the United States of America, The British Provinces, &c. (New York: 1848). Book map (A Correct Travelling Map of the United States.) To accompany “The Emigrant’s Hand-Book; or, A Directory and Guide For Persons Emigrating to the United States of America.” Bound with brown cloth covers with title in gilt on cover. Map sheet size: 20 ¾ x 24 5/8 in. Overall, an attractive map of the United States. Slight toning along fold lines; archival hinges for framing. Handbook is in good condition with some wear to cloth back cover, small tear on pg. 15, & foxing throughout.
$3,500.00
This map with states outlined in red, includes the eastern two thirds (including Texas) of Colton’s important “Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with part of New Grenada and Venezuela,” here issued in pocket map form, without the eagle cartouche. Texas is shown extending north to the 42nd parallel. The map was originally folded into brown cloth covers measuring 6 ¼ x 4 in. Titled “Emigrant’s Handbook for The United States.”
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