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File:1855 Colton Map of India or Hindostan - Geographicus - India-cbl-1855.jpg

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J. H. Colton: India or Hindostan.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
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
India or Hindostan.
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English: This hand colored map of India or Hindostan is a steel plate engraving, dating to 1855 by the well regarded mid 19th century American cartographer Colton. Map depicts most of what is today modern India and what was, when this map was made, British India. Also includes the province of Pegu or what is now Burma / Myanmar.
Date 1855
date QS:P571,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 16 in (40.6 cm); width: 13 in (33 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13U218593
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Geographicus link: India-cbl-1855
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