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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Cuba, Jamaica and Porto Rico - Geographicus - Cuba-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Cuba Jamaica Porto Rico and the Bahamas Centered on Cuba this map extends north to include the Florida Coast and New Providence Island extends south as far A Jamaica Includes the Cayman Islands and a detailed inset of Porto Rico in the lower left quadrant Like most of Colton's North America maps this map is largely derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D Griffing Johnson Colton identifies various cities towns forts rivers rapids fords and an assortment of additional offshore and 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 from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City Issued as page no 57 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 Cuba-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 Jamaica Old maps of Cuba 1855 maps Spanish colonial period in Cuba | ||||
