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Colton's Persia, Arabia, Et cetera
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Maps |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Pakistan Iran, Islamic Republic of Azerbaijan Uzbekistan Cyprus Turkey Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan Kuwait United Arab Emirates Bahrain Israel Lebanon Qatar Tajikistan Jordan Armenia Iraq Oman Syrian Arab Republic Yemen |
| Temporal Coverage | 1855 |
| Abstract | This map showing the Arabian Peninsula, Persia (present-day Iran), Afghanistan, and Baluchistan (present-day Iran and Pakistan) was published in 1855 by the G.W. and C.B. Colton and Company of New York. Coloring is used to indicate borders and certain provinces or settled areas. The map shows cities, mountains, and roads, and includes some notes on topographical features. The old Qatari city of Al Zabara is shown. The map is accompanied by a one-page summary of the geography, people, principal places, and recent history of Afghanistan and Baluchistan. The map later appeared in the 1865 edition of Colton's General Atlas and reflects the general level of geographic knowledge of the Middle East in mid-19th-century America. J.H. Colton & Company was founded in New York City, most likely in 1831, by Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800--93), a Massachusetts native who had only a basic education and little or no formal training in geography or cartography. Colton built the firm into a major publisher of maps and atlases by purchasing the copyrights to and republishing other maps before it began creating its own maps and atlases. In the 1850s, the firm became the G.W. & C.B. Colton Company, after Colton brought his sons, George Woolworth Colton (1827--1901) and Charles B. Colton (1832--1916), into the business. As in this example, virtually all Colton maps were framed in decorative borders of intertwining vines, flowers, or geometric shapes. |
| Publisher | G.W. and C.B. Colton and Company |
| Publisher Place | New York |
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| Access Restriction | Open |
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| Subject Keyword | Pakistan Islamic Republic of Iran Azerbaijan Uzbekistan Cyprus Turkey Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan Kuwait Arabian Gulf United Arab Emirates Bahrain Israel Lebanon Tajikistan Persian Gulf Jordan Armenia Arabian Peninsula Syrian Arab Republic Red Sea Maps |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Afghanistan |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Pakistan |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tajikistan |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Turkmenistan |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Uzbekistan |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cyprus |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Armenia |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Azerbaijan |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bahrain |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Iraq |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Israel |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jordan |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Kuwait |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lebanon |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Oman |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Qatar |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Saudi Arabia |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Turkey |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United Arab Emirates |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Yemen |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | 1855 |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arabian Gulf |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arabian Peninsula |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Persian Gulf |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Red Sea |
| Alternative Title | Persia, Arabia &c. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Map |
