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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Pocket Map of the United States - Geographicus - UnitedStatesPk-colton-1855.jpg This is an extremely scarce separately issued 1855 pocket map of the United States by J H Colton Covers the United States from coast to coast revealing a very early configuration of the Transmississippi While many modern states had not yet appeared when this map was printed many other states are exceptionally large Oregon Washington Utah New Mexico Minnesota and Nebraska territories all covered vast regions A number of extremely important emigrant routes are also noted including the Oregon Trail the Santa Fe Trail and Fremont's Route Additionally indicates the many routes proposed for the Pacific Railroad including the Stevens route far to the north two central routes through Utah and two southern routes through New Mexico This map is cartographically very similar to Colton's 1855 atlas map of the United States though offers a number of deluxe features including dissection and mounting on linen an elaborate decorative border and 11 sailing ships plying the seas This particular example was originally exported and sold in France by the Longuet firm and was originally owned by G R Rupoll or Rupell 1855 dated Size in 30 75 21 75 object history credit line accession number UnitedStatesPk-colton-1855 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of the United States 1855 maps Maps in English | ||||
