Western Hemisphere
This rare hand colored map is a copper plate engraving, dating to 1858 by the well known 19th century American Mapmaker Colton. It is a representation of the Western Hemisphere, including North and South America. Oceanic features such as the Sargasso Sea This map is from the rare transitional Colton’s Cabinet Atlas. This rare map indicates products by region, temperature, and general elevation. The California Gold region is clearly noted. Map is dated 1858.
- Date
- 1858
- Place
- the Americas
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 3,042 × 3,444 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
Credit line
"Western Hemisphere" (1858). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1858_Colton%27s_Map_of_the_Western_Hemisphere_-_Geographicus_-_WesternHemi-colton-1858.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 145607.
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