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1 piece. Hand-Colored Fold. Map. Colton, J.H., pu

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Hand-Colored Fold. Map. Colton, J.H., pub. Nebraska and Kansas." New York, 1854. 29 x 22 inches (736 x 559 mm). Hand-colored vignettes. In orig. gilt-lettered brown cloth casing. A few small tears along folds., 5 inch horizontal tear along center fold. from top border - negligible paper loss. Slightly toned. With 1854 copyright notice below map
Colton's map shows the new territories of Kansas & Nebraska, their topography & Indian tribes, it includes natural history & ethnographic vignettes & also shows the proposed routes of The Pacific Railroad. Insets of The Gadsen Purchase & of The United States with its new borders are included.
Presumed second state, but identical to the map illustrated as the first state in Paul E. Cohen's Mapping the West.
Cohen pp. 170/171"

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