Title: Colton's Hindostan or British India
Map Maker: Joseph Hutchins Colton
Place / Date: New York / 1859
Description:
Very detailed map of part of India, Pakistan, etc.., showing cities, mountain ranges with inset of continuation of British India.
Shows towns, roads, rivers, lakes, mountains, railroads, roads, islands, etc. Decorative border. A terrific regional map, from JH Colton, one of the most prolific American mapmakers of the mid-19th Century. From the scarce 1859 edition, bearing the imprint of Johnson & Browning, one year before these two publishers commenced publication of Johnson's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World.