Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893Shows country and state boundaries, Indian territories, names of state capitals, cities, towns, rivers, lakes, inlets, gulfs, mountains, railroads, and canals.; Relief shown by hachures.; Formerly a wall-map.; Prime meridians: Greenwich & Washington, D.C.; Insets: Map of Newfoundland -- Southeastern part of the West Indies -- Map of Central America.; Includes notes and ill. with foliate border framing entire map.; Includes legend of explanations,"Statistics of the United States, an abstract of the of the Census of 1850", and table of distances.; At lower left hand margin: "Entered according to Act of Congress, December, in the year 1853 by Joseph H. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."121 x 136 centimeters, each 70 x 77 centimeters. or smallerJPEGUMN_ALMA:9929847210001701engJoseph H. Colton (New York)PublicColton's map of the United States of America, the British provences, Mexico, and the West Indies : showing the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific OceanMaps1853University of Minnesota