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| Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Kansas and Nebraska (first edition) - Geographicus - NebraskaKansas-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Nebraska and Kansas This is most probably the rarest and most desirable of all Colton atlas maps Based on earlier wall map produced by Colton and D Griffing Johnson this map details the regions between the Great Salt Lake and Iowa and between the Canadian Border and New Mexico Covers territorial Kansas and Nebraska as well as parts of adjacent Minnesota Iowa Missouri and Utah Shows Nebraska in its full territorial glory extending from the 40th parallel to the border British America or Canada This massive and ephemeral territory covered much of what is today Nebraska Wyoming Montana Colorado North Dakota and South Dakota Nearby Minnesota is also exceptionally large embracing all of the territory between Wisconsin and the Missouri River When this map was printed Nebraska and Kansas had only recently been opened for settlement Both regions were sparsely inhabited by the diverse yet powerful Indian nations of Comanches Kioways Arapahoes Cheyennes Sioux Dacotahs Poncas Pawnee's Omahas Missouris Delawares Shawnee Osages Crow Black and others - whose territorial claims Colton notes Colton also notes three of the routes proposed for the Pacific Railroad the Stevens route far to the north the Beswith route running through the center of the map and the Gunnison Route passing through Kansas This map further identifies various forts rivers mountain passes fords and an assortment of additional topographical detail Map is hand colored in pink green yellow and blue pastels to define territory and state boundaries 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 50 in volume 1 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 16 13 object history credit line accession number NebraskaKansas-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 1 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of Nebraska Old maps of Kansas 1855 maps Kansas Territory Nebraska Territory Maps of former territories of the United States | ||||
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