Catalog Archive
Auction 99, Lot 146
Print View

"Colton's United States Showing the Military Stations, Forts &c.", Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Subject: United States

Period: 1862 (dated)

Publication: Victors History of the Southern Rebellion

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.2 x 14.5 inches
43.7 x 36.8 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Extends west to about the 103rd Meridian to include Dakota and Texas. Fine detail of railroads, mail routes, forts, etc., and locates the Pony Express Route. The four ships off the southern coast symbolize the Union blockade. Geographic detail appears to date from Colton's map of the U.S. dated 1855.

References:

Condition: A+

The finest example of this sheet we've seen. Backed with Japanese tissue and pressed.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $425

Closed on 6/12/2002

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap