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1856 COLTON, J.H. - FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
| Maker: | COLTON, J.H. | |
| Date: | New York, c. 1856 | |
| Colored: | In original colors. | |
| Size: | 537 x 698 mm / 21.1 x 27.5 inches | |
| Condition: | Good impression. Pasted down on card board. | |
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From "Colton's Atlas Of The World, Illustrating Physical And Political Geography." the first world atlas produced by Colton, after many years of issuing pocket maps, wall maps, guides, and maps for books. The atlas was one of the finest and most accurate of the period - it had a long publishing run, continuing for over thirty years (with the title changed to Colton's General Atlas after 1856).
Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893)
Colton was one of the most influential American map publishers of the 19th century, active from 1831 to 1890. Based in New York, he began by licensing maps from other cartographers but soon developed a distinctive house style. His work is noted for a recognisably American mid-19th century aesthetic: fine steelplate engraving, rich hand colouring in a distinctive palette, and ornate decorative borders. Colton’s firm played a pivotal role in documenting the dramatic transformation of the United States during a period of rapid territorial expansion—following the Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas, the Mexican–American War, and the admission of new states.His Atlas of the World (1855–56) and the widely circulated General Atlas (1857–88) recorded these changes in near real time, frequently updating county lines, political boundaries, and railroads. Particularly notable are Colton’s maps of the Trans-Mississippi West—depicting evolving territories like Kansas, Nebraska, Indian Territory, Utah, and New Mexico—where borders shifted amid migration, conflict, and development.
His Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union (1864), published during the Civil War, captured a nation still defining its political and physical identity. Today, his maps are valued both for their beauty and as vivid historical records of a continent in flux.
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