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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Hawaii and New Zealand - Geographicus - Hawaii-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Hawaii and other Polynesian island groups Sheet contains seven separate maps The top map occupying the upper half of the sheet details the Hawaiian Islands or Sandwich Islands as they were also known This particular mapping of Hawaii dates to the 1841 U S Exploring Expedition to the Pacific A second map inset in the lower left corner of the Hawaii map details the Samoan Islands While Colton most likely grouped these together as a matter of space saving practicality we find it ironic that both territories would eventually become part of the United States The lower half of this sheet features a large map of New Zealand Fiji Feejee and Tonga Friendly Islands Three further inset maps occupy the lower right hand corner the Society Islands Tahiti the Marquesas of Typee fame and the Galapagos Islands made famous by Darwin's discoveries In each map Colton identifies various cities towns forts rivers rapids fords and an assortment of additional topographical details 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 33 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 13 16 5 object history credit line accession number Hawaii-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 2 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton 1855 maps Old maps of Hawaii Old maps of New Zealand Maps in English | ||||
