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J. H. Colton: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Price Edward Id.
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New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Price Edward Id. |
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English: An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare 1855 map of the Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. Throughout the map 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 national and regional boundaries. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border. Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published as page no. 4 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World . |
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Date | 1855 (dated) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593 |
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Geographicus link: NovaScotia-colton-1855 |
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 1, New York, 1855 (First Edition).
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