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J. H. Colton: Africa North Western Sheet.   (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
Africa North Western Sheet.
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English: A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of north western Africa. Covers the entirety of north western Africa from Tripoli as far west as Senegal and Gambia and as far south as Gabon. Inset map in the lower left depicts the Liberia land purchases from 1822 to 1848. Colton attempted to map the numerous caravan routes that crisscross the western Sahara, noting wells, oases, towns, mines, and some topographical features. The course of the Niger is shown somewhat correctly emptying into the Gulf of Guinea. Names numerous African tribes and nations throughout. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border. Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City. Issued as page no. 35 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World .
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 13.5 in (34.2 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: AfricaW-c-55
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 2, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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