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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of India - Geographicus - India-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of India Covers the subcontinent from Tibet to Ceylon Sri Lanka Color coded according to region and divided into Bombay Scinde Punjab Nepal Bhutan the Bengal Presidency Madras and Ceylon An inset map in the lower right quadrant shows British claims in Burma Pegu and Southeast Asia Throughout Colton identifies various cities towns rivers and assortment of additional topographical details 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 30 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 13 5 16 5 object history credit line accession number India-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 the Indian Subcontinent 1855 maps of India | ||||
