Keywords: 1855 Colton Map of Persia, Afghanistan, and Arabia - Geographicus - PersiaArabia-colton-1855.jpg A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Persia Arabia and Afghanistan Covers from the Mediterranean east to India and south to include all of Arabia to the entrance to the Red Sea Includes adjacent parts of Egypt Abyssinia Turkey India and Turkistan In this early edition of the map Afghanistan is divided into Afghanistan and Beloochistan Later editions unite the provinces and drop Cabool as an alternate name for Afghanistan Throughout the map Colton identifies various cities towns forts rivers desert oases and an assortment of additional topographical details Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border Dated and copyrighted to J H Colton 1855 Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City Issued as page no 27 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World 1855 dated Size in 16 5 13 object history credit line accession number PersiaArabia-colton-1855 Colton G W <i>Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography</i> Vol 2 New York 1855 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-art Old maps of Asia 1855 maps |