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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1857	Colton, J. H.	New York	Louisiana	$150	Picture

A hand colored lithograph with hand color wash

Size: 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This example is a fine, bright copy.

Taken from Colton's General Atlas, a popular publication reissued in revised editions until 1888. The atlas was one of the finest and most accurate of the period.

The map displays the rivers and creeks, along with roads and railroads in the state.

References: A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, #827, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington; American Maps and Mapmakers, page 324, Ristow, George, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1985