Map of Colorado Territory

Map of Colorado Territory

Hand col. lithographic map. Counties in full color. Ornamental border. Relief shown by hachures. Shows public land survey system townships. Cover in embossed brown cloth with gold stamping: Topographical map of Colorado. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. Advertisement for the company inside cover. An ed. of 1865 published by Jacob Monk with title: Map of the Colorado Territory, showing the system of parks -- almost identical, but specially colored to emphasize the parks. Some place names not appearing on that 1865 ed. include Fort Collins, Greeley, Valmont, Ore City, Cash Creek, San Luis, Costilla, Conejos; others have been changed: Colorado to Colorado City, Frank's town to Franktown, Costilla Co. to Saguache Co. First ed. published in 1862 by Jacob Monk. Wheat: "the first 'indigenous' (Colorado) map of importance...a truly imposing map, a credit to all who had a hand in it..." Ellis lists the 1862 map under Monk, has the copyright which was issued in 1862 (when he published the first ed.). Streeter mentions that the 1862 edition was the first separate map of Colorado and that it also appeared on a smaller scale (18 miles/inch) as an inset in the huge Pratt and Buell "Map of the Gold Regions in...Colorado Territory" of 1862. See note in Rumsey Collection's copy of the 1865 "parks" ed. for additional information.
Reference:
Cf. Ellis, E.H. Colorado mapology, 40-41 (1865 and 1866"parks" eds.); Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 1040 (1862 ed.), 1118 (1865 "parks" eds.), Phillips. Maps of America, p. 241 (1866 ed.), Streeter, 2147 (1862 ed.), 2164 (1865 "parks" ed.)
State/Province:
Colorado
Subject:
Mining
Full Title:
Map of Colorado Territory, embracing the Central Gold Region. Drawn by Frederick J. Ebert under direction of the Governor Wm. Gilpin. Published by G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 172 William St., New York. 1870. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. ... Southern District of New York

Ebert, Frederick J

David Rumsey

1870

G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co.

English

David Rumsey Colection

Map of Colorado Counties