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RR map of Alabama from scarce Colton atlas: 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.

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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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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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1833 map of N. Carolina from very scarce Finley atlas: Beautiful, clean map of North Carolina from the extremely scarce 1833 edition of Anthony Finley’s New General Atlas. Shows coastal features, swamps, topographical rendering, roads, towns, island

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Scarce Colton 2-page map of Texas, c1884: Breathtakingly large, fully hand-colored vintage map of Texas from the very scarce 1890 edition of Colton’s General Atlas. This is the only edition of this atlas that I’ve ever seen—

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Map of N. Carolina from Gray’s National Atlas, 1875: Map of North Carolina from the exceedingly scarce Gray’s National Atlas. Uncommon format highlighting North Carolina on its own (it’s usually paired with South Carolina). Topographical features ar

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Scarce early Cram RR map of North Carolina: Desirable and scarce railroad map of North Carolina from a very scarce and early Cram atlas. The 1882 edition of Cramâ€™s Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World was the last Cram atlas to use hand c

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Great specimen of antique map of N. and S. Carolina: Excellent map of these two Atlantic states in the years following the Civil War. From an 1874 edition of S. Augustus Mitchell’s New General Atlas, one of the better American atlas publishers of

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Authentic vintage 1850 RR map of Mississippi: Great railroad map titled A New Map of Mississippi with its Roads & Distances. Dated 1850 and reissued in Cowperthwait’s 1855 New Universal Atlas. There were two 1855 editions of Cowperthwait

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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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Scarce RR map of Iowa from Gray’s National Atlas: Gray’s New Map of Iowa by Frank A. Gray. Copyright 1877 by O. W. Gray and found in a copy of Gray’s scarce 1884 National Atlas. Shows great detail, with railroads towns, rivers and other i

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Scarce early Cram RR map of Missouri: “New Railroad and County Map of Missouri” from an exceedingly scarce 1882 edition of Cram’s Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World.” Collections of vintage maps of Missouri will n

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1876 N. & S. Carolina by A. K. Johnston: This unique map of North and South Carolina, by A. K. Johnston, was created in 1876 for the very scarce Jones and Hamilton “Historical Atlas of the World Illustrated." Johnstons maps represent a

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Map of N. America, Mitchell 1860: Great Mitchell “Map of North America Showing its Political Divisions and Recent Discoveries in the Polar Region.” This map came from Mitchell’s 1862 New General Atlas. Full vintage hand coloring

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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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Great vintage RR map of N. Carolina from scarce Colton atlas

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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 as political boundaries changed within the state. G. W. and C. B. Colton inherited the firm and published several atlases, with this map coming from their now scarce 1869 edition of their General Atlas. The map features original full hand-coloring by counties, and clearly shows all major railroads, common roads, towns, villages, post offices, various forts, mountain passes, rivers, lakes, stations, bays, islands, capes and other coastal features. Inset map of Beaufort is included. Map image framed by Colton’s iconic “strap” border. Also shows most of South Carolina and Virginia. During the mid-19th century, the Colton firm refused to compromise quality, choosing to compete in the finer quality international market rather than the inexpensive domestic one. In keeping with this policy, all Colton maps were engraved by steel plates rather than by wax engraving which became the most common method used in the US. Because of this, Colton maps have sharper, more defined detailing, making them sought after by collectors. Just one tiny sulfide spot. Very clean with nice centering. 13 x 16

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