19th Century dated 1855 in the plate; published 1857, from Colton's General Atlas. J.H. Colton Map of Canada West or Upper Canada. Detailed with identification of provinces and or regions, cities, towns and villages, transportation routes including rail roads, common roads, and canals, rivers and lakes, battle fields, and mountain ranges, with beautiful hand coloring. Insets: Wolf Island; Vicinity of the Welland Canal & Niagara Falls. Measures approx 14" X 17" page size, map 12" X 15" Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) started one of the premier map publishing firms in the U.S. His first printed map dated 1833, was a reprint of David Burrs map of the state of New York. The Colton firm was one of the primary publishers of guidebooks, immigrant maps, and railroad maps. In 1855 Colton issued his first atlas, "Colton's Atlas of the World." They refused to compromise quality, choosing to compete for sales in the finer quality international market rather than the inexpensive domestic one. Because of this, all maps were engraved by steel plates rather than by wax engraving which was the most common method used at this time.