Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads while key cities like Isfahan

while key cities like Isfahan and Shiraz rose to fame through architecture

Isle Royale

The map’s detailed design and thoughtful annotations tell a compelling story of community growth

preserving the sense of wonder that greeted visitors a century ago

Whether your memories involve kayaking around mangroves or simply dreaming of a warm winter escape

Old Map of London and Suburbs in 1886 by G.W. Colton - Westminster, Greenwich, Hampstead, Woolwich Middle Eastern cultural crossroads while key cities like IsfahanGeorge Woolworth Colton ran one of the most successful American map publishing houses of the nineteenth century, and his firm's general atlases were a staple of libraries, schools, and businesses across the United States. By the 1880s the Colton company, then continued by his sons under the G. W. & C. B. Colton imprint, was producing city plans of the world's major capitals for these atlases, and its 1886 map of London and its suburbs reflects just