Title: Colton's Persia Arabia &c.
Map Maker: Joseph Hutchins Colton
Place / Date: New York / 1859
Description:
Detailed map of the Middle East, colored by Tribes, etc.
Shows towns, roads, deserts, rivers, lakes, mountains, 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.
