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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Canada East or Quebec - Geographicus - Quebec-colton-1855.jpg An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare map of Quebec and New Brunswick Covers what at the time was called Lower or East Canada from Montreal in the southwest to the mouth of the St Lawrence River in the northwest Includes the province of New Brunswick Throughout the map Colton identifies various cities towns forts rivers rapids fords and an assortment of additional topographical details Map is hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels to define national and regional boundaries Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published as page no 5 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 Quebec-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 Quebec Old maps of New Brunswick Old maps of the Saint Lawrence River 1855 maps of Canada | ||||
