Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Colton's map of the southern states, including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of U. States & showing all the rail roads, r. r. stations, & other internal improvements. |
| Author: | Colton, J. H. 1800-1893. |
| Scale: | 1 inch to 24 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1861 |
| Publication Date: | 1862 |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Drainage, lakes, Townships, cities, towns, communities, roads, railroads, forts, military stations. |
| Comments: | Title Note: Cover title: Colton's map of the southern states of America, showing the whole seat of war on the seaboard and in the interior, designating every town, railway, and stream; also showing the forts and fortifications. London, Bacon and Co. Features Note: Contains insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 20 cm.-Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm. Includes tables of population based on the "United States Census for 1860." Publication Note: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Laing, N.Y. Link Note: Another edition of this map at LC can be found at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3860.cw1043000 annotated with numbers in red and dashes in blue to indicate "limits of freshwater in the rivers" as derived from compilation of communications of U.S. Coast Survey in June 1861. A print version of the map can be seen at: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~229091~5507962:J-H--Colton-s-Map-Of-The-Southern-S?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:mississippi;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=514&trs=1009 |
| Coverage: | Southeastern United States |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | New York J. H. Colton 1862. |
| Size (inches): | 38.1 X 55.1 |
| Color: | Y |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3860.cw0025500 |