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| Keywords: 1857 Colton Map of New Jersey - Geographicus - NewJersey-colton-1857.jpg A beautiful example of Colton's 1857 map of New Jersey Covers New Jersey in full as well as parts of adjacent states Like most of Colton's state 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 topographical details Map is hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels to define county and state boundaries Surrounded by a simple line border that Colton introduced in 1857 and ran through 1859 Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City Issued as page no 21 in George Washington Colton's 1857 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 12 16 object history credit line accession number NewJersey-colton-1857 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> New York 1857 First Borderless Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of New Jersey 1857 maps | ||||
