Australia: Colton 1855

Title: Australia Author: J. H. Colton Date: 1855 Medium: Hand-colored lithograph Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, light foxing Inches: 16 7/8 x 14 7/8 [Image] Centimeters: 42.86 x 37.78 [Image] Product ID: 100098 Map of Australia divided into the provinces of West Australia, North Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. Numbered legends indicate the names and locations of the various counties within these provinces. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) moved to New York City from his birthplace of Longmeadow, Massachusetts to start the J.H. Colton Company in 1831. Though he did not come from a cartographic or engraving background, Colton licensed copyrights from other cartographers such as David H. Burr and Samuel Stiles, producing quality reprints with additional engraving and border detail. After ten years of operating with this business model, Colton branched out to produce original maps, and by the 1850s had grown his company into a booming cartog