Central America: Colton 1855

Title: Central America Author: J. H. Colton Date: 1855 Medium: Hand-colored lithograph Condition: Good - age toning, light foxing, fragile paper Inches: 17 x 14 [Paper] Centimeters: 43.18 x 35.56 [Paper] Product ID: 318081 Map of Central America showing Guatemala, Honduras, the island of Jamaica, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and parts of Mexico and South America. Features several small inset maps: - Isthmus of Panama - Harbor of San Juan de Nicaragua - The Nicaragua Route - Manzanilla, Aspinwall City Navy Bay - City of Panama 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, Col