Artist / Author / Cartographer:
G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co.
Title:
Colton's East Indies
Date:
c1865
Medium:
steel engraving, original outline colour
Size:
32.8 x 39.8 cm
Description:
Colton's East Indies. Published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. No. 172 William Street, New York.
Entered according to Act of Congress in year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co.in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
A attractive map of South East Asia originally published by J.H. Colton & Co. of New York in 1855 and then later re-issued c1865. Inset lower left is a detail of , "Island & Strait of Singapore". There is also a reference to the outline colour depicting the colonies of possessions of European countries.
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Item Code:
MA7751
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