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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Map.0702
Title
Map of the State of Virginia, 1893 1893
Quantity
0.1 Cubic Feet, 20.5 x 40 in.
Language
English
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Abstract
Map of the State of Virginia Prepared for and Issued by the Department of Agriculture of Virginia. Richmond,
1893. Engraved and Printed by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in New York. Printed on thin paper in 4 colors highlighting the counties
in Virginia, this map includes ten years of monthly records for rainfall and average temperature.
George Woolworth and Charles B. Colton were prominent mapmakers leading the American map trade in the nineteenth century.
The business was founded by their father, Joseph Hutchins Colton, who bought copyrights to existing maps and oversaw their
production. By the 1850s, their output had expanded to include original maps, guidebooks, atlases, and railroad maps. Everett
Waddey founded his company in 1872 and grew it to be a major east coast printer operating out of Richmond.
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