Joseph Colton's Map of the United States of America...1847 Cartographer_Petrus Apianus 28 1/2" x 20"

28 1/2" x 20"

the map documents the transformation of the waterfront below Rector Street

When his father died in 1673

and remains a cornerstone document in American and Canadian cartography

Joseph Colton's Map of the United States of America...1847 Cartographer_Petrus Apianus 28 1/2" x 20"COLTON, Joseph H. (1800 1893). Map of the United States of America 1847. Engraved Map with original hand color. Drawn and Engraved by Sherman & Smith. On Rollers and Backed on Linen. 52" x 61" sheet. Second edition, first being 1846 (according to Ristow, although Karrow only lists an 1847). Texas is still in large configuration with a panhandle running up to Oregon. California and the Great Basin are shown only as Upper or New California. Fremont's