A nice 1855 edition of Colton's rare map of Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. Map is divided into two sections. Both are hand colored in pink, green, yellow, and blue pastels to identify city wards. Both maps also offer extraordinary detail at level of individual streets and buildings. Both maps are drawn to the same scale. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border.

The map on the left half of the page is Savannah, Georgia, and covers from the Ogeechee Chanel to Thunderbolt Road and from Laurel Grove Cemetery to the Savannah River. Identifies the Central Railroad Depot, the Magazine Ward, the Gas Works and the City Hospital. A note in the upper left quadrant details Savannah's history regarding its founding and involvement in the American Revolutionary War. A ward reference appears in the lower left quadrant.

The right half of the map, Charleston, South Carolina, covers from Ashley River to the Cooper River and as far north as the Washington Race Course. Identifies all wharves, and piers, the United States Arsenal, the Rail Road Depot, White Point Garden, the Bathing House in White Point Garden, the Citadel, the College, City Hall, the Court, West Point Mills and Chisholm Mills.

This is a page from George Washington Colton's 1855 “Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography.”

Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) started the J.H. Colton Company in 1831. Not 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, Colton branched out to produce original maps, and by the 1850s had grown his company into a booming cartographic firm. Distinguished by their elaborate decorative borders, Colton maps were printed using engraved steel plates which produced high-quality images. These maps were then hand-colored by watercolor artists, resulting in slight irregularities which reflect the documents’ unique history and individualized production.

Condition is very good overall. Water colors may be slightly faded, and there are a few edge tares, none of which affect the maps. Framed. From the collection of author/publisher Dean Thomas.  [jet][ph:L]

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