Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c

Item Information

Title:
Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c
Creator:
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Date:
1862
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Railroads--United States--Maps
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
Places:

Extent:
1 map : col. ; 85 x 99 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kk91fs16q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York : J.H. Colton
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:3,120,000.
Language:
English
Notes:
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton.
"Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green).
Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm.
Advertisement for "Bacon's shilling war maps" is pasted onto the verso.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Identifier:
06_01_007417
Call #:
G3701.P3 1862 .C65
Barcode:
39999065649574
LCCN:
99447074