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J. H. Colton: Asia.   (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
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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
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Asia.
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English: A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Asia. Covers from the Mediterranean to Siberia and from the Arctic to Singapore. Color coded according to regions. Includes Tibet, Korea and Ladak in within the borders of the Chinese Empire. Identifies both the Great Wall and the Great Canal in China. Taiwan or Formosa is mapped vaguely, representing the poor knowledge of the region prior to the Japanese invasion and subsequent survey work in 1895. Afghanistan is divided into Cabool and the southern province of Beloochistan (Baluchistan). Throughout, Colton identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. Names Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao, Beijing, Shanghai, Edo (Yedo or Tokyo), Mecca, and countless other important cities. 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. 24 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: Asia-colton-1855
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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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