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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 111 - closed 6/8/2005

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Lot #154: "Colton's Minnesota and Dakota" Joseph Hutchins Colton

Antique map chart Colton s Minnesota and Dakota
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Estimate:
$100.00 - $140.00
Sold for: $70.00

Lot 154
By: Joseph Hutchins Colton
Subject: Central United States
Date: 1855

Publication: Atlas of the World

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 15.6 x 12.7 inches
39.7 x 32.3 cm

The newly formed Dakota Territory is a huge unorganized area with its western boundary along the Missouri River. An interesting notation locates vast prairies said to be "the great Hunting and Fighting Ground of Dakotah, Odjebwe, Assiniboin, Arikara, Minitarree and other Nations." Good detail throughout Minnesota. A handsome map with Colton's decorative scroll border. Published by Johnson and Browning, 1859-61.

Bright, crisp impression with strong original hand coloring. Full margins with a stain in margin at upper left corner, else fine.

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