Doepler, C.E. [Frontispiece] From "Colton’s American Atlas"

C. E. Doepler (1824-1905).  [Frontispiece] From Colton’s American Atlas.    

New York: J. H. Colton, 1855. 13 ¼ x 11 ¼ (vignette).  Engraving by C. Wise.  Some minor wrinkling in paper.  Else, very good condition. 

In the mid-nineteenth century, the center of map publishing in America moved from Philadelphia to New York.  The Colton publishing firm played a large role in this shift.  This engraving is the frontispiece from Colton's atlas.  This scene shows four Native Americans on a bluff overlooking a homestead and other elements of civilizations in the distance.  One Native American is pointing possibly as a warning of the encroachment of the “white man.”