The Western Tourist, or Emigrants Guide, through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the Territories of Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska…

Folding map, original gilt lettered cloth, hand colored folding map (45x54cm), 89, +23, [3] ad pp. Cloth splitting and torn along spine, a few chips, foxing to preliminaries and later leaves, old inkstamp to front endpaper; map bright and clean. J.H. Colton ((1800-1893) founded a map making dynasty that began in New York in the early 1830s. Colton produced his maps with steel engravings, resulting in good quality. During 1833-1855 Colton would produce a large number of very popular guidebooks and railroad maps. In 1855 he published his first large atlas, and his firm would publish atlases for many years. The current map has the attractive boarder, which was a trademark of Colton maps. The map features the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa, and the Nebraska and Minnesota territories. It also includes a small vignette view of the Mississippi River scene at the bottom. Howes S615. (Inventory #: 100945)