File:1854 Colton Map of Quebec, Montreal and New Brunswick, Canada - Geographicus - LowerCanada-colton-1855.jpg

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J. H. Colton: Canada East or Lower Canada and New Brunswick.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Canada East or Lower Canada and New Brunswick.
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English: This is the very rare 1854 issue of J. H. Colton map of Canada East or Lower Canada. Covers what is today Montreal, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Follows the St. Lawrence River Valley from Montreal eastward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. An inset in the lower part of the mat details the vicinity of Montreal. Divided according to county and district lines. Shows major roadways and railroads as well as geological features such as lakes and rivers. Dated and copyrighted: “Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year of 1854 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.” Published from Colton’s 172 William Street Office in New York City, NY.
Date 1854 (dated)
Dimensions height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 17 in (43.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,17U218593
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Geographicus link: LowerCanada-colton-1855
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Colton's Atlas Of The World, Illustrating Physical And Political Geography. By George W. Colton., (1855 issue).

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