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J. H. Colton: Colton's New Jersey.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Colton's New Jersey.
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English: This is a large double page folio variant form of Colton’s Map of New Jersey. Issued in Colton’s 1868, this map represents a significant update upon the earlier Colton map of New Jersey which had not been significantly updated since 1855. Details the state of New Jersey with color coding to define the counties. Shows the Delaware Bay and parts of New York and Pennsylvania. Surrounded by the typical Colton decorative vine motif border. Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.
Date 1868 (dated)
Dimensions height: 24.5 in (62.2 cm); width: 17 in (43.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,17U218593
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Geographicus link: NJ-colton-1868
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Colton's Atlas Of The World, Illustrating Physical And Political Geography, 1868 edition.

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