Research Catalog

Title

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c.

Author

Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893

Publication

No. 172 William St., New York, J.H. Colton, 1863.

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Details

Description

1 map hand colored; 78 x 96 cm, on sheet 86 x 101 cm

Alternative Title

• Colton's new railroad and county map of the United States, the Canadas &c.
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US012.3.02

Subjects

• United States
• Railroads > United States > Maps
• United States > Maps
• Ontario > Maps
• Maps
• United States > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• Québec (Province) > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures.
• For Canada, covers southern Ontario, southern Quebec, and western New Brunswick.
• Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton ..."
• Insets: Southern part of Florida -- Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5137

OCLC

935562405

Author

Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893, creator, publisher.

Title

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c.

Publisher

No. 172 William St., New York, J.H. Colton, 1863.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:3,100,000 (W 104°--W 66°/N 49°--N 25°).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 185, column b, row 4

Source

US012.3.02

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5137