An interesting map of Arabia, the Ottoman Empire, Persia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan and contiguous regions, published in New York by J.H. Colton.
The southern coast of the Gulf is called El Ahsa or El Hejer, shortly before the so-called Al-Hasa Expedition of 1871, which resulted in Medhat Pasha's extending his influence of the Ottoman Empire to the region a and reincorporated into the Ottoman Empire and became known as the Najd Sanjak. Sharjas Tower is named, as is Dibbah (Dubai), Abothubbee (Abu Dhabi) and Ras al Khyme in the UAE region. Near Qatar and Bahrein, Ras Aufir, Zabarah, El Katif and Duat are named, with the Great Pearl Bank, Goodwin's Island and Dahnyi Island shown.

From the 'Atlas of the World', published by the Colton family, who between 1831 and 1890, dominated American map publishing, produced the finest atlases in the U.S. during the nineteenth century. The company was founded by Joseph Hutchins Colton, who had no formal training in geography or cartography; he began by purchasing copyrights of maps prepared by other individuals or companies, and his principal role was to manage the production and distribution of the maps. His first maps were drawn by the esteemed cartographer David H. Burr in the 1830s. By the 1850s Colton was also publishing guidebooks, atlases and immigrant and railroad maps. The firm was renamed G.W. & C.B. Colton in the 1860s when Colton was succeeded by his sons, George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. Colton (c. 1831-1916).

It is believed that George Colton compiled the company's 1855 'Atlas of the World' and served thereafter as the firm's principal map compiler, cartographer and engraver. The Colton firm refused to compromise quality, choosing to compete for sales in the more expensive international market rather than the cheap domestic one. For this reason, all maps were printed with steel plates, rather than as wax engravings, which was the most common method used at the time.