Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico.

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Title: Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico.
Item Description: Front
Main Entry - Personal Name: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50031700 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n50031700 (opens in a new tab)
Added Entry - Personal Name: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50031700 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n50031700 (opens in a new tab); Dahl, James, former owner. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016011635 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no2016011635 (opens in a new tab)
Published: New York : J.H. Colton, [1864]
Description: 1 map : col. ; 41 x 67 cm.
Note: Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.; Shows railroad surveys and locates Native American tribes.; On plates 65-66 possibly from Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Eight Imperial Folio Sheets.; Text on verso includes details about the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Dakota. Also includes deatiled information about the state of California, including population, land allotment, and crops.
Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name: Southwest, New Historical geography Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125669 (opens in a new tab); California Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100257 (opens in a new tab); Nevada Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072716 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n79072716 (opens in a new tab); Utah Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021759 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n79021759 (opens in a new tab); Colorado Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125532 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n80125532 (opens in a new tab); Arizona Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114254 (opens in a new tab); New Mexico Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005595 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n79005595 (opens in a new tab)
Map Data: Scale [1:3,100,000] (W 124°22'00"-- W 101°34'00"/N 42°07'00"-- N 31°13'00").
Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data: a 3100000 W1242200 W1013400 N0420700 N0311300
Local note: Gift of James Dahl, 2012, no. 47.
Scan Date: 2015-02-12
Record No.: 012502180

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Collection: UM Clark Library Maps
Image Size: 11960 x 7272
File Size: 9 MB
Record: 012502180
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Full citation: "Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico." In the digital collection UM Clark Library Maps. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-012502180/39015095391002_01. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2025.