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RR map of Alabama from scarce Colton atlas

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Great vintage RR map of N. Carolina from scarce Colton atlas: Excellent map of North Carolina just one year after being readmitted to the Union following the Civil War. The map was originally created in 1855 by J. H. Colton from a larger wall map, then updated a

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Scarce 1850 RR and steamboat route map of Alabama: “A New Map of Alabama with its Roads & Distances from Place to Place along the Stage and Steamboat Routes.” Fascinating map of this southern state from an exceedingly scarce atlas (dated 1850

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Scarce 1st ed. Colton RR map of North Carolina: Lovely example of North Carolina map from the first edition of Colton’s Atlas of the World. One of the few mid-19th century maps to show North Carolina independently—it was more often mapp

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Scarce Georgia-Alabama Civil War-era RR map by Johnson & Browning, 1861: Johnson’s Georgia and Alabama from the scarce 1861 edition of Johnson’s Family Atlas published shortly after the outbreak of the war in 1861 by Johnson & Browning. Shows network of railroa

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Scarce early Cram RR map of Southern states: â€œNew Railroad and County Map of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina” from the extremely scarce 1882 edition of Cramâ€™s Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World. This was t

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Elusive map of Maine from scarce Colton atlas: Unusual map of Maine with hand coloring down to the township level. On this map railroad lines are depicted as tiny railroad tracks. Map is dated 1855; it’s taken from a scarce copy of Colton

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Map of Philadelphia from scarce Colton atlas: Highly detailed map with identification of street names, important parks, rivers, and railroad lines. Lovely pastel red, green, tan, pink, and yellow hand coloring used to distinguish sections of the

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Most impressive RR map of Georgia from scarce atlas: Grayâ€™s New Map of Georgia by Frank A. Gray with a copyright date of 1877 by O. W. Gray. This very impressive and scarce map is from Grayâ€™s very scarce 1884 National Atlas. It is a

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Map of N. America from scarce Colton atlas: A lovely and clean map from the very scarce Colton’s General Atlas of 1890, likely the last atlas the Colton family produced (Phillips lists 1888 as the last date). In over twenty years in the map b

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Map of NY City from very scarce Colton atlas: Title: Map of NY City from very scarce Colton atlas Date: Map dated 1886 Description: Interesting map of NYC and vicinity, oriented with North at the top (most other double page maps of New York from

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Large RR map of Florida from scarce 1898 Cram's Atlas: Dramatic and huge map of Florida naming and showing all rail lines in the state. Every rail line is named, numbered and color-coded by a legend on the map. From the very scarce Cramâ€™s Bankersâ

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RR map of Arizona from scarce 1898 Cram’s Atlas.: Large and dramatic double-page map of Arizona naming and showing all rail lines in the state. Every railroad line is named, numbered, and color-coded by a legend on the map. From the very scarce Cram�

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RR map of New Mexico from scarce 1898 Cram’s Atlas.: Large and dramatic double-page map of New Mexico naming and showing all rail lines in the state. Every railroad line is named, numbered, and color-coded by a legend on the map. From the very scarce Cr

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Very scarce earliest McNally atlas RR map: Rand McNally's first large format map of the United States, likely the earliest Rand McNally atlas map. Shows complete railroad network throughout the entire country. Untitled, but "Printed for Histor

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1894 hand-colored RR map of Colorado: Lovely and informative, hand colored steel plate engraved railroad map of Colorado by William Bradley in 1894. From the Potter-Bradley atlas, a scarce atlas that appears to have had only one edition.

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Excellent and scarce map of Scotland, 1855: From the first edition of J. H. Colton’s Atlas of the World. Lovely map of Scotland with full original hand coloring. Highly detailed with lakes (or lochs), towns, rivers, railroads, canals, roa

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RR map of Alabama from scarce Colton atlas

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Stunning example of 1855 map of Alabama from a very scarce edition of Colton’s New General Atlas. Great original hand coloring and an excellent impression. Nicely centered. Clean on sound paper. Railroads shown prominently. Highly detailed, with towns, rivers, common roads, canals, cities. Colton’s distinctive and exquisite border sets this apart from other maps of the era. With an 1855 copyright date and found in an 1869 edition of Colton’s atlas. A beautiful example of American cartography with no major faults. 12.75 x 15.75

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