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Colton's new map of the state of Texas

Title
Colton's new map of the state of Texas.
Published
New York : Johnson & Browning, [1859?]
Physical Description
1 map : hand col. ; 41 x 62 cm.
Cartographic Detail
Scale [ca. 1:2,320,000] (W 108⁰--W 92⁰/N 37⁰--N 26⁰).
Local Notes
From the Streeter collection.
Library's copy annotated in pencil "This is in the same state as in the 1859 atlas."
Notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows counties.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 18[55?] by J.H. Colton & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York."
"Compiled from J. De Cordova's large map."
Includes Frio and Zavala counties which were formed in 1858 and which do not appear on Colton map dated 1857.
Insets: Plan of the northern part of Texas. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000] -- Plan of Galveston Bay. Scale [ca. 1:1,036,987] -- Plan of Sabine Lake. Scale [ca. 1:520,000].
Text of "The state of Arkansas and the Indian Territory" on verso.
"No.35" and "No.36."
Variant and related titles
New map of the state of Texas
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Also listed under
De Cordova, Jacob, 1808-1868.
Johnson & Browning.
J.H. Colton & Co.
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