LONDON THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON

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Beautifully engraved map of the environs of London from Ricmond,Epping,Crystal Palace to Mill Hill.The central London area is finely engraved showing each street.Decorative border.Very good condition.

References: Rumsey 0149.071. Phillips (Atlases) 816.

code : M2231

Cartographer : COLTON Joseph

Date : 1855 New York

Size : 34*41cms

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Joseph Hutchins Colton (July 5, 1800 - July 29, 1893), often publishing as J. H. Colton, was an important American map and atlas publisher active from 1833 to the early 1890s. Colton's firm arose from humble beginnings when he moved to New York in 1831 and befriended the established engraver Samuel Stiles. Colton recognized an emerging market in railroad maps and immigrant guides. Not a cartographer or engraver himself, Colton's initial business practice mostly involved purchasing the copyrights of other cartographers, most notably David H. Burr, and reissuing them with updated engraving and border work