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J. H. Colton: British, Russian and Danish Possessionsin North America.   (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
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
British, Russian and Danish Possessionsin North America.
Description
English: An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare map documenting Canada, or more specifically, British, Russian, and Danish holdings in North America. Covers the continent from modern day Alaska (Russian America) to Greenland (Danish America), and from the U.S border north to the Arctic. Includes Iceland. Hand colored in pink, green, yellow and blue pastels. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border. Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published as page no. 3 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World .
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: Canada-colton-1855
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 1, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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