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| Keywords: 1855 Colton World Mountains and Rivers Map or Chart - Geographicus - MtsRvrs-colton-1855.jpg Most likely the finest American Mountains and Rivers chart / map of the 19th century This is the 1855 Colton prototype for the popular 1860-1863 Johnson ™s Mountains and Rivers chart Depicts the relative distances of the world ™s great rivers and the relative heights of the world ™s great mountains Includes a multitude of details regarding the heights of important cities glaciers volcanoes and tree lines Even includes Niagara Falls the Great Pyramid St Peter ™s Basilica in Rome and St Paul ™s in London Also notes curiousitys that would have been relevant at the time such as The Greatest Altitue of the Growth of Peruvian Bark The Glacier of Maladetts the Table Land of Pamar and the Greatest Altitude attained by Humbolt 19400 ft Replete with additional geographical errors and misconceptions common to the period Surrounded by the traditional Colton vine motif border which was dropped from later issues of the atlas It is extremely rare to find this map such fine condition as this one because it was issued at the front of the Colton Atlas where most of the heavy damage from moisture soiling and general use was sustained 1855 dated Size in 26 18 object history credit line accession number MtsRvrs-colton-1855 <i>Colton's Atlas Of The World Illustrating Physical And Political Geography By George W Colton </i> 1855 or 1856 issue Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Diagrams of mountains 1855 maps Geographic comparison diagrams | ||||
