Joseph Colton's Map of the United States of America...1847 Cartographer_Petrus Apianus and remains a cornerstone document

and remains a cornerstone document in American and Canadian cartography

When his father died in 1673

18 1/2" x 23 1/4"

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made a much more expansive verbal claim to lands in the east

Joseph Colton's Map of the United States of America...1847 Cartographer_Petrus Apianus and remains a cornerstone documentCOLTON, Joseph H. (1800 1893). Map of the United States of America 1847. Engraved Map with original hand color. Drawn and Engraved by Sherman & Smith. On Rollers and Backed on Linen. 52" x 61" sheet. Second edition, first being 1846 (according to Ristow, although Karrow only lists an 1847). Texas is still in large configuration with a panhandle running up to Oregon. California and the Great Basin are shown only as Upper or New California. Fremont's