COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Date:
1869
Short Title:
Japan. Nippon, Kiusiu, Sikok, Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles.
Publisher:
G. W & C. B. Colton & Co.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
40
Scale 1:
4,000,000
Note:
Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D. C.
Reference:
cfP4348.
Country:
Japan
Region:
Southeast Asia
Full Title:
Colton's Japan, Nippon, Kiusiu, Sikok, Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles. (inset) Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles and Bay of Nagasaki. Published By G. W & C. B. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York.
List No:
0152.104
Page No:
123
Series No:
104
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Pub Date:
1869
Pub Title:
Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1869. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference:
cfP4348.
Pub Note:
This edition changes the U.S. map, adds Wyoming to the North America map, adds the map of the northwest states and several other maps (but not to the U.S. map). Has an unusual Alaska map. In several of the western maps (Iowa, etc.) the phrase "Township Map of..." that appeared in the 1868 atlas, is dropped. Florida and New Jersey are enlarged to double page. Relief shown by hachures. Political units (mostly counties) shown in color.
Pub List No:
0152.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
101
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
0152104
Authors:
Colton, G.W.
