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J. H. Colton: Japan, Nippon, Kiusiu, Sikok, Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Japan, Nippon, Kiusiu, Sikok, Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles.
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English: A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Japan. Compiled from the maps of Siebold and from the 1850 U.S. Japan Expedition (Perry). Covers the Japanese Islands from Kiusiu north to Yesso (Hokkaido). Offers considerable detail with color cording according to province. An inset map in the upper right focuses on Hokkaido or Yesso and the Japanese Kuriles. Another inset in the lower right quadrant details the Bay of Nagasaki. Throughout, Colton identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border. Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City. Issued as page no. 29 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World .
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 13.5 in (34.2 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: Japan-colton-1855
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 2, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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