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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Asia - Geographicus - Asia-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Asia Covers from the Mediterranean to Siberia and from the Arctic to Singapore Color coded according to regions Includes Tibet Korea and Ladak in within the borders of the Chinese Empire Identifies both the Great Wall and the Great Canal in China Taiwan or Formosa is mapped vaguely representing the poor knowledge of the region prior to the Japanese invasion and subsequent survey work in 1895 Afghanistan is divided into Cabool and the southern province of Beloochistan Baluchistan Throughout Colton identifies various cities towns rivers and assortment of additional topographical details Names Singapore Hong Kong Macao Beijing Shanghai Edo Yedo or Tokyo Mecca and countless other important cities Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City Issued as page no 24 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 16 13 5 object history credit line accession number Asia-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 2 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of Asia 1855 maps | ||||
