Spain and Portugal: Colton 1855

Title: Spain and Portugal Author: J. H. Colton Date: 1855 Medium: Hand-colored lithograph Condition: Very Good - age toning, light foxing Inches: 16 7/8 x 14 1/8 [Image] Centimeters: 42.86 x 35.88 [Image] Product ID: 100801 Map of the Iberian Peninsula showing Spain, Portugal, part of France, the Balearic Islands, and part of North Africa. Includes inset of the Gibraltar Peninsula. 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 cartographic firm. Though the Colton Company published a variety of