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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Finland - Geographicus - SwedenNorway-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of north eastern Africa Covers from the Arctic Sea south to Denmark and east as far as the Gulf of Finland Includes the modern day nations of Sweden and Norway with part of adjacent Denmark and Finland Throughout Colton identifies various cities towns rivers and assortment of additional topographical details Of particular interest is the legendary Lofoten Maelstrom in northwestern Norway This legendary whirlpool was the inspiration for Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale Descent into the Maelstrom In reality it is a periodic and powerful current caused by tidal variations in the region 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 20 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 13 16 object history credit line accession number SwedenNorway-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 Old maps of Scandinavia 1855 maps 1855 in Sweden Topographic maps of Finland | ||||
