Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads preserving the sense of wonder

preserving the sense of wonder that greeted visitors a century ago

it’s sure to command attention and start fascinating conversations among friends-and-family about exploration and far-away places

Isle Royale

Step back into 1773 with this meticulously drafted chart of Daufuskie Island

this map promises to captivate and educate

Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads preserving the sense of wonderGeorge Woolworth Colton ran one of the most successful American map publishing houses of the nineteenth century, and his firm's general atlases were a staple of libraries, schools, and businesses across the United States. By the 1880s the Colton company, then continued by his sons under the G. W. & C. B. Colton imprint, was producing city plans of the world's major capitals for these atlases, and its 1886 map of London and its suburbs reflects just