"Map of Colorado Territory, and Northern Portion of New Mexico Showing the System of Parcs", Gilpin, William
Subject: Colorado
Period: 1873 (circa)
Publication: Mission of the North American People, Geographical, Social and Political
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.8 x 20.3 inches
52.8 x 51.6 cm
William Gilpin was the first governor of the territory of Colorado and a proponent of the concept of Manifest Destiny and of a transcontinental railway. This map is based on a similar map issued by Jacob Monk in 1865 and shows all of Colorado and part of northern New Mexico. It illustrates the continental divide and four major Parcs; North, Middle, South and San Luis [Valley]. Lesser parks are also noted, as are the status of public land surveys, military posts, mines, and towns. Locates the Denver and Rio Grande, Joseph & Denver, Kansas Pacific, Leavenworth & Denver, Union Pacific, and Denver Pacific railroads, plus a few others. A fascinating map that should be part of any Colorado collection. Printed by the J.B. Lippincott Company.
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Condition: B
Bold original color with light to moderate toning along the folds and several fold separations that have been closed on verso with archival tape resulting in minute loss of image.
