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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of British North America or Canada - Geographicus - Canada-colton-1855.jpg An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare map documenting Canada or more specifically British Russian and Danish holdings in North America Covers the continent from modern day Alaska Russian America to Greenland Danish America and from the U S border north to the Arctic Includes Iceland Hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published as page no 3 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 16 13 object history credit line accession number Canada-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 1 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of Canada 1855 maps | ||||
