Map of the Country Thirty Three Miles Around the City of New York

Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 24 1/2" x 24 3/4" Rare elegant large scale map of the New York metropolitan area, including parts of New Jersey, Long Island, Connecticut, and Westchester and Rockland counties. Counties, townships, cities, post offices, and neighborhoods are labeled. Turnpike and common roads, as well as canals and railroads are indicated. Centered on the island of Manhattan, the map features a circular shape to show a 33 mile radius, with concentric circles radiating outwards from the center. A beautiful floral decorative border surrounds the map, with vignettes of City Hall in New York and City Hall in Brooklyn in the bottom corners. Map drawn by G.W. Colton, and engraved by J.M. Atwood. This map is in very good condition. Toning and wear along original fold lines, with some archival repairs. Lined with Japanese tissue. The Colton family was one the most prolific and successful publishers of maps and atlases in the United States. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) founded his map publishing business upon moving to New York in 1831. For the first two decades of his business, he found immense success publishing guide books marketed to emigrants and tourists. In 1855, he published the firm's first original atlas, "Colton's Atlas of the World", in collaboration with his son, George W. Colton (1827-1901). George and his brother, Charles B. Colton (1832-1916), assumed direction of the firm in the following decade.…