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Pub Year | Map Maker | Pub Place | Map Title | Map Price (USD) | Picture | 1857 | Colton, J. H. | New York | Maine | $65 | Picture |
A hand colored lithograph with hand color wash. Size: 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches Map Type: Atlas Water stains in top and bottom margins, not affecting image, but otherwise 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
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