COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Date:
1869
Short Title:
Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji,Tonga, Samoa, French Polynesia, Marquesas, and Galapagos Islands
Publisher:
G. W & C. B. Colton & Co.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
40
Note:
Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D. C. Discovery dates and discoverer are noted on each map.
Reference:
cfP4348.
Country:
Marquesas
Country:
Fiji
Country:
New Zealand
Country:
Samoa
State/Province:
Hawaii
Region:
Fiji Islands
Region:
Hawaii Island (Hawaii)
Region:
Oceania
Region:
Galapagos
Subject:
Islands
Full Title:
Colton's Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands. New Zealand. Viti Group or Feejee (Fiji) Islands. Tonga or Friendly Is. Samon or Navigators Is. Society Islands. Marquesas or Washington Is. Calapacos Islands. Surveyed by the U. S. Exploring Expedition, 1839-1841. Published By G. W & C. B. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York.
List No:
0152.110
Page No:
129
Series No:
110
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Pub Date:
1869
Pub Title:
Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1869. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference:
cfP4348.
Pub Note:
This edition changes the U.S. map, adds Wyoming to the North America map, adds the map of the northwest states and several other maps (but not to the U.S. map). Has an unusual Alaska map. In several of the western maps (Iowa, etc.) the phrase "Township Map of..." that appeared in the 1868 atlas, is dropped. Florida and New Jersey are enlarged to double page. Relief shown by hachures. Political units (mostly counties) shown in color.
Pub List No:
0152.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
101
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
0152110
Authors:
Colton, G.W.
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Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji,Tonga, Samoa, French Polynesia, Marquesas, and Galapagos Islands
