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J. H. Colton: The Environs of London.   (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 Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
The Environs of London.
Description
English: An excellent example of Colton’s c. 1855 map of London and environs. Includes parts of Surrey, Kent, Middlesex and Essex. Extends north to Southgate, east to Chadwell Heath, south to Kingston, Mitcham and Bromley, and west to Harrow and Isleworth - on a scale of 5/8 of an inch to the mile. The whole is beautifully detailed to the level of individual buildings, trees, canals and roads. Includes topographical details as well as farms, parks, riverways, and swamps. This is most likely the one of the first maps of London to appear in an American atlas. Copyrighted 1855, but most likely this was published for a post 1857 issued of Colton’s Atlas. Map no. 69 in the single volume the c. 1857 edition of Colton's Atlas of The World . Published from Colton’s 172 William Str. Office in New York.
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 12.5 in (31.7 cm); width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,15U218593
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Geographicus link: London-cbl-1855
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Colton's Atlas Of The World, Illustrating Physical And Political Geography. By George W. Colton. (1857 or later edition).

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