Colton's Map of Iowa
1857 · New York
by Colton, G.W. & C.B
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1857. Unbound, colored engraved map, 16"x 13". Some toning and aging, minor foxing in margin, 2" tape repaired tear in lower margin just into image, but not that visable; overall bright and clean and in very good condition. Maps are wrapped with acid free board, or in rigid sleeves. Beginning with J. H. Colton (1800-1893), the Colton family published atlases for over 30 years. Colton's Atlas of the World was first published in 1855 in a large two volume set. In 1857 it became Colton's General Atlas, and Colton's (truncated)