Colton's Map of The United States of America, The British Provinces, Mexico and the West Indies. Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. West Indies & The Caribbean A large table of distances

A large table of distances adorns the right side

This chart shows the ridges and valleys' good inland topographical details (hachures)

The First Published Chart of The California Coast - 1646

The chart features an inset of Fort Stewart on the right

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Colton's Map of The United States of America, The British Provinces, Mexico and the West Indies. Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. West Indies & The Caribbean A large table of distancesThis striking map is the very scarce third edition of Coltons seminal large wall map of the United States, British Provinces, Mexico, and the West Indies. Apparently, Colton was very sensitive to ongoing political processes regarding territories and boundaries and did not jump to conclusions when it came to depicting boundaries and nomenclature on his maps. This third edition is the first to show the territory of Kansas named, but it still did not