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Author Goddard, George H. (George Henry),
Date 1857
Short Title Britton & Rey's Map Of The State Of California.
Publisher Britton & Rey
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Wall Map
Obj Height cm 77
Obj Width cm 64
Scale 1 1,520,640
Note 1st edition. Wheat: "This map, a beautiful example of the cartographer's art, is unfortunately rare and little-known...it was by far the most accurate and complete map of California and of its gold regions which had as yet been published." This copy was issued as a wall map, but it has been nicely restored, varnish removed, rebacked on paper without the rollers. The other examples I am aware of were all pocket maps. See Shumate essay on Goddard. A second edition, reduced in size, was published in 1858, and a third edition was published in 1860 (see WH copies). Map is unvarnished and without rollers. Outline color by county with a full color wash.
Reference Wheat Gold 302, pp39-42; Streeter 2819; Peters p124.
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Event California Gold Rush
Full Title Britton & Rey's Map Of The State Of California. Compiled from the U.S. Land & Coast Surveys, the several Military, Scientific & Rail Road Explorations, the State & County Boundary Surveys made under the Order of the Surveyor General of California, & from Private Surveys. By George H. Goddard, C.E. Completed with Additions & Corrections up to the day of publication from the U.S. Land Office & other reliable sources. Lithy. Of Britton & Rey, Montgomery St. Cor. Commercial, S.F. Entered by Britton & Rey ... California. Engraved by H. Steinegger.
List No
Series No 1
Engraver or Printer Steinegger, H.
Publication Author Goddard, George H. (George Henry),
Pub Date 1857
Pub Title Britton & Rey's Map Of The State Of California. Compiled from the U.S. Land & Coast Surveys, the several Military, Scientific & Rail Road Explorations, the State & County Boundary Surveys made under the Order of the Surveyor General of California, & from Private Surveys. By George H. Goddard, C.E. Completed with Additions & Corrections up to the day of publication from the U.S. Land Office & other reliable sources. Lithy. Of Britton & Rey, Montgomery St. Cor. Commercial, S.F. Entered by Britton & Rey ... California. Engraved by H. Steinegger.
Pub Reference Wheat Gold 302, pp39-42; Streeter 2819; Peters p124.
Pub Note 1st edition. Wheat: "This map, a beautiful example of the cartographer's art, is unfortunately rare and little-known...it was by far the most accurate and complete map of California and of its gold regions which had as yet been published." This copy was issued as a wall map, but it has been nicely restored, varnish removed, rebacked on paper without the rollers. The other examples I am aware of were all pocket maps. See Shumate essay on Goddard. A second edition, reduced in size, was published in 1858, and a third edition was published in 1860 (see WH copies). Map is unvarnished and without rollers. Outline color by county with a full color wash.
Pub List No
Pub Type Wall Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 77
Pub Width cm 64
Image No
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Author Doolittle, A.J.
Author Holt, A.J.
Author Ransom, Leander
Date 1863
Short Title New Map Of The State Of California And Nevada Territory.
Publisher Warren Holt
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Pocket Map
Obj Height cm 68
Obj Width cm 54
Scale 1 1,750,000
Note There are several editions of this map: The first appears in 1862 (Wheat "notably rare") under the title of "New Map of the State of California Exhibiting..." and copyrighted in The Nevada-Utah border in on the 116th meridian. Then in 1863, another issue appears with the same title, but dated 1863 and copyrighted in A table of distances is added above the title, and the Nevada-Utah boundary is still on the 116th meridian (Wheat 1070). The next issue is still 1863, same title, but the copyright 1863 (Streeter 2880). Then another 1863 issue with the title as above, but with "A" before "New Map..." and Nagel's name dropped (Wheat illustrated p. 77). This issue is discussed at length by Wheat and is called "a Nevada map of first importance." There are many additions in Nevada from the prior issues - Wheat delineates them. Our copy is a variant of Wheat there is no "A" in the title, Nagel's name is shown, and there are several erasures of town names and one mining district - Agusta Dist (just below the "V" and "A" of Nevada) had been erased as well. The Humboldt River has also been changed. It is not clear if our issue is earlier or later than the Wheat In stamped red cloth covers 16x11 with an ad for Maps, etc. on the inside cover, Adrien Gensoul's name pasted over Holt's name. Front cover stamped with "Map Of California And Nevada" in gilt. With four pages of routes and distances. This is a superb map, full of interesting and exotic information in Nevada and California. Scale (ca. 1:1,750,000) not 24 miles to an in. as stated on map.
Reference Wheat 1071 (1863 edition); Streeter 2880; High Ridge (identical to this copy).
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Full Title New Map Of The State Of California And Nevada Territory Exhibiting the Rivers, Lakes, Bays and Islands, with the principal Towns, Roads, Railroads and Transit Routes to the Silver Mining Districts of Nevada Territory ... Carefully compiled from United States and other Reliable Surveys by Leander Ransom. A.J. Doolittle, Entered by Warren Holt ... California. Lith. by L. Nagel, 529 Clay St. San Francisco.
List No
Series No 2
Engraver or Printer Nagel, L. (Louis)
Publication Author Doolittle, A.J.
Publication Author Holt, A.J.
Publication Author Ransom, Leander
Pub Date 1863
Pub Title New Map Of The State Of California And Nevada Territory Exhibiting the Rivers, Lakes, Bays and Islands, with the principal Towns, Roads, Railroads and Transit Routes to the Silver Mining Districts of Nevada Territory ... Carefully compiled from United States and other Reliable Surveys by Leander Ransom. A.J. Doolittle, Entered by Warren Holt ... California. Lith. by L. Nagel, 529 Clay St. San Francisco.
Pub Reference Wheat 1071 (1863 edition); Streeter 2880; High Ridge (identical to this copy).
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Pocket Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 16
Pub Width cm 11
Image No
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Author Trask, John B.
Date 1853
Short Title Map of the State of California.
Publisher Britton & Rey
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Separate Map
Obj Height cm 43
Obj Width cm 31
Scale 1 2,650,000
Note Shows great detail and accuracy. Wheat: "This is one of the best, as well as one of the rarest maps of the period." See also Trask's various Geological studies of California. Bancroft duplicate. Map is full color by county.
Reference Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. gold region, 246; Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi west, v. 3, 796.
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Event California Gold Rush
Full Title Map Of The State Of California. Published by Britton & Rey Lithographers, Cor. of Commercial & Montgomery Sts. San Francisco. Drawn & Compiled from the most recent Surveys by J.B. Trask. Entered by Britton & Rey ... California.
List No
Series No 1
Publication Author Trask, John B.
Pub Date 1853
Pub Title Map Of The State Of California. Published by Britton & Rey Lithographers, Cor. of Commercial & Montgomery Sts. San Francisco. Drawn & Compiled from the most recent Surveys by J.B. Trask. Entered by Britton & Rey ... California.
Pub Reference Wheat Gold 246.
Pub Note Shows great detail and accuracy. Wheat: "This is one of the best, as well as one of the rarest maps of the period." See also Trask's various Geological studies of California. Bancroft duplicate. Map is full color by county.
Pub List No
Pub Type Separate Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 43
Pub Width cm 31
Image No
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Author Jackson, William A.
Date 1851
Short Title Mining District of California.
Publisher Lambert & Lane
Publisher Location New York
Type Pocket Map
Obj Height cm 58
Obj Width cm 48
Scale 1 595,000
Note This is one of the most attractive of the California Gold Rush period maps. Here it is published in pocket map form, with the 16 page "Appendix to Jackson's Map..." which describes the important mining centers. More ornate and detailed than Jackson's map of 1850, this is the only map to label Santa Cruz county "Branciforte." Shows for the first time, some of the mining activity in the south, which Jackson was involved with as an engineer. Map is full color by county, folded into dark green cloth covers 15x10 with "Jackson's Map Of The Mining Districts Of California" stamped in gilt.
Reference Wheat Gold 196 ; Heckrotte, p16.
State/Province California
Event California Gold Rush
Subject Mining
Full Title Map Of The Mining District of California by Wm. A. Jackson. Published by Lambert & Lane, 69 Wall St. New York. Entered by Lambert & Lane ... New York. (with 16 page appendix) Appendix To Jackson's Map Of The Mining Districts Of California. ... Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged. New-York: Lambert & Lane, 69 Wall-Street
List No
Series No 11
Publication Author Jackson, William A.
Pub Date 1851
Pub Title Map Of The Mining District of California by Wm. A. Jackson. Published by Lambert & Lane, 69 Wall St. New York. Entered by Lambert & Lane ... New York. (with 16 page appendix) Appendix To Jackson's Map Of The Mining Districts Of California. ... Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged. New-York: Lambert & Lane, 69 Wall-Street
Pub Reference Wheat Gold 196; Heckrotte, p16.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Pocket Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 15
Pub Width cm 10
Image No
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Author Bancroft, H.H.
Attributed Author Knight, W.H.
Date 1864
Short Title Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona.
Publisher H.H. Bancroft & Company.
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Pocket Map
Obj Height cm 77
Obj Width cm 93
Scale 1 1,520,640
Note First edition, second issue of this map with a different border and small changes in the map (see notes to our #4819). Full color by county. Folded into stamped brown cloth covers 16x10.5 with "Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona." in gilt.
Reference Wheat 1093.
State/Province Arizona
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
State/Province Utah
Full Title Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona. Published By H.H. Bancroft, & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers San Francisco Cal Entered , by H.H. Bancroft & Company ... California.
List No
Series No 2
Attributed Publication Author Knight, W.H.
Publication Author Bancroft, H.H.
Pub Date 1864
Pub Title Bancroft's Map Of California, Nevada, Utah And Arizona. Published By H.H. Bancroft, & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers San Francisco Cal Entered , by H.H. Bancroft & Company ... California.
Pub Reference Wheat 1093.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Pocket Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 16
Pub Width cm 11
Image No
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Author Bielawski, C.
Author Hoffman
Author Hoffmann, J.D.
Author Poett, A.
Date 1865
Short Title The Central Part of the State of California.
Publisher Britton & Co. Lith.
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Pocket Map
Obj Height cm 73
Obj Width cm 160
Scale 1 253,440
Note This scarce map shows a large band of central California from San Francisco Bay to Virginia City, Nevada. The showing of railroads is extensive with a separate table listing the engineers for each road. Topography is delineated in "crayon" style resulting in a very clear rendition of the Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The mining camps are shown in great number and the overall detail is most impressive with a 4 miles to 1 inch scale. The Whitney Survey "Map of Central California" of 1873 is the only map that we know of that is comparable, yet it is eight years later, at a scale of 6 miles to 1 inch, and runs from west to east from San Francisco Bay, thus ending at Mono Lake and missing Lake Tahoe. This 1865 map runs from southwest to northeast, covering Lake Tahoe and extending to Pyramid Lake in Nevada. We have not seen any map of central California of this period that has the clarity and detail of this map. The map was copyrighted in 1865 by Hoffmann and Poett, about whom not much is known, except that Hoffmann made a "Topographical Map of Lake Tahoe..." in 1874 with Ferdinand Von Leicht (Graff 4497); it is not clear why Bielawski was not also listed on the copyright - perhaps because he was for many years surveyor for the U.S. General Land Office in San Francisco. Haiman states that Bielawski "was considered the most important person in the Land Office, that he personally surveyed and was generally recognized as the best authority on real property titles in the state." This copy is folded into untitled brown cloth covers stamped with a decorative border.
Reference Streeter 2891; Haiman, Polish Pioneers of California, p
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Full Title Topographical And Railroad Map of the Central Part of the State of California, and Part of the State Of Nevada Compiled from Railroad Surveys, U.S. Public Land Surveys, U.S. Coast Surveys, California State Geological Survey (Prof. J.D. Whitney), and from reliable private Surveys, and Published by C. Bielawski, J.D. Hoffmann & A. Poett, Civil Engineers & Survrs. Britton & Co. Lith: San Francisco. Entered by J.D. Hoffmann & A. Poett ... California.
List No
Series No 2
Publication Author Bielawski, C.
Publication Author Hoffmann, J.D.
Publication Author Poett, A.
Pub Date 1865
Pub Title Topographical And Railroad Map of the Central Part of the State of California, and Part of the State Of Nevada Compiled from Railroad Surveys, U.S. Public Land Surveys, U.S. Coast Surveys, California State Geological Survey (Prof. J.D. Whitney), and from reliable private Surveys, and Published by C. Bielawski, J.D. Hoffmann & A. Poett, Civil Engineers & Survrs. Britton & Co. Lith: San Francisco. Entered by J.D. Hoffmann & A. Poett ... California.
Pub Reference Streeter 2891; Haiman, Polish Pioneers of California, p
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Pocket Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 16
Pub Width cm 10
Image No
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Author Craven, A.
Author Hoffman
Author Hoffmann, C.F.
Author Leicht, F.
Author Geological Survey of California
Date 1874
Short Title Map Of California And Nevada.
Publisher Julius Bien
Publisher Location New York
Type Case Map
Obj Height cm 104
Obj Width cm 88
Scale 1 1,140,480
Note 1st edition was Under the title is the following Note: "In the compilation of this map the following materials were used. For California: The work of the State Geological Survey and that of the U.S. Coast and Land Surveys. For Nevada: The work of the Fortieth Parallel Survey, under Clarence King, the U.S. Engineer Explorations under Williamson and Wheeler; the Central Pacific Railroad Survey under Butler Ives; and the work of the California Survey, by Wackenreuder, Craven, Wilson and Loehr from 1863 to 1872." Full printed color. Map is dissected into 54 sections and mounted on linen. Folds into a tan cloth folding case 19x13 with "California & Nevada California Geological Survey 1874" stamped in gold on the spine.
Reference Wheat 1243; Vogdes p179.
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Full Title State Geological Survey Of California, J.D. Whitney, State Geologist. Map Of California And Nevada. Drawn By F.v. Leicht And A. Craven ... J. Bien, Lith. N.Y. 2nd edition Revised by Hoffmann and Craven and issued by authority of the Regents of the University of California given May 12th 1874.
List No
Series No 1
Engraver or Printer Hoffmann and Craven
Publication Author Craven, A.
Publication Author Hoffmann, C.F.
Publication Author Leicht, F.
Publication Author Geological Survey of California
Pub Date 1874
Pub Title State Geological Survey Of California, J.D. Whitney, State Geologist. Map Of California And Nevada. Drawn By F.v. Leicht And A. Craven ... J. Bien, Lith. N.Y. 2nd edition Revised by Hoffmann and Craven and issued by authority of the Regents of the University of California given May 12th 1874.
Pub Reference Wheat 1243; Vogdes p179.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Case Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 19
Pub Width cm 13
Image No
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Author United States. Congress
Attributed Author California Irrigation Commission
Date 1873
Short Title Map Of The San Joaquin, Sacramento And Tulare Valleys.
Publisher U.S.
Publisher Location Washington
Type Separate Map
Obj Height cm 86
Obj Width cm 61
Scale 1 760,320
Note This is another copy of the map that appears in the 1874 "Irrigation of the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento Valleys, in the State of California." (43rd Cong., 1st Sess., House Doc. No. 290). See our #1061. Printed in full color.
Reference None found.
State/Province California
County Sacramento County (Calif.)
County San Joaquin County (Calif.)
Region Central Valley
Full Title Map Of The San Joaquin, Sacramento And Tulare Valleys, State Of California, prepared under the direction of the Board Of Commissioners On Irrigation appointed under the Act of Congress approved March 3rd 1873, showing the country that may be irrigated and a Provisional System Of Irrigation Compiled from the Maps of the Geological Survey Of California and from Special Surveys and Examinations Published by authority of the Hon. Secretary of War in the Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army.
List No
Series No 1
Attributed Publication Author California Irrigation Commission
Publication Author United States. Congress
Pub Date 1873
Pub Title Map Of The San Joaquin, Sacramento And Tulare Valleys, State Of California, prepared under the direction of the Board Of Commissioners On Irrigation appointed under the Act of Congress approved March 3rd 1873, showing the country that may be irrigated and a Provisional System Of Irrigation Compiled from the Maps of the Geological Survey Of California and from Special Surveys and Examinations Published by authority of the Hon. Secretary of War in the Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army.
Pub Reference None found.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Separate Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 86
Pub Width cm 61
Image No
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Author Fremont, J.C.
Date 1848
Short Title Map Of Oregon And Upper California.
Publisher Wendell and Van Benthuysen
Publisher Location Washington
Type Book Map
Obj Height cm 85
Obj Width cm 68
Scale 1 3,000,000
Note The map for the first time filled in the details of the Great Basin. Charles Preuss drew the map. A smaller version of the map appears in President Polk's Message of 1849 (see our copy). Report rebound with cloth covered boards and title on spine.
Reference WC 150; Wheat 559.
State/Province California
State/Province Oregon
Full Title Map Of Oregon And Upper California From the Surveys of John Charles Fremont And other Authorities. Drawn By Charles Preuss Under the Order of the Senate Of The United States, Washington City Lithy. by E. Weber & Co. Balto. (inset) Profile of the travelling route from the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains to the Bay of San Francisco.
List No
Series No 2
Engraver or Printer Preuss, Charles
Publication Author Fremont, J.C.
Pub Date 1848
Pub Title Geographical Memoir upon Upper California In Illustration of His Map of Oregon and California, by John Charles Fremont: Addressed to the Senate of the United States. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers [Senate.] 30th Congress, 1st Session. Miscellaneous. No. 148.
Pub Reference WC 150; Wheat 559.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Exploration Book
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 85
Pub Width cm 68
Image No
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Author Frey, A.C.
Author Nell, Louis
Date 1868
Short Title Topographical Railroad & County Map Of The States Of California And Nevada.
Publisher A.C. Frey & Co.
Publisher Location New York
Type Pocket Map
Obj Height cm 94
Obj Width cm 74
Scale 1 1,330,560
Note Wheat writes several pages about this map, being impressed with its up to date cartography. Williamson's proposed route through the Owyhee to the Idaho mines is shown, as well as much current detail in central Nevada and all of California. The influence of Williamson's 1866 "Map of Parts of California, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho Territory" (both the published and the ms version) is obvious. A wheel shows the "Difference of time between S. Francisco and other important Cities." This may be Louis Nell's first commercial map, before his extensive work for the Wheeler Survey in the 1870's and his Colorado maps of the 1880's. The railroad map shows the Union Pacific completed to Cheyenne and the Central Pacific to the Nevada border. This is both a beautiful map and an excellent depiction of California and Nevada just before the completion of the railroad. Wheat mentions that the towns of the Humboldt valley are sprinkled with names that disappear in a few years with the coming of the railroad. Full color by county.
Reference Wheat 1184; Streeter 3929; Norris 2341.
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Subject Railroad
Full Title Topographical Railroad & County Map Of The States Of California And Nevada Compiled from the latest explorations and other official information by L. Nell, N.Y. Published by A.C. Frey & Co 204 Fulton St. New York. General Agents for California A. Roman & Co. 417 & 419 Montgomery St. San Francisco. Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lithographers, 96 Fulton St. N.Y. Entered by Frey & Nell ... New York. (inset) Map of the City of San Francisco, California. (inset) Map Of The Great National Pacific Railroads.
List No
Series No 1
Engraver or Printer A. Roman & Co.
Engraver or Printer Ferd. Mayer & Co.
Publication Author Frey, A.C.
Publication Author Nell, Louis
Pub Date 1868
Pub Title Topographical Railroad & County Map Of The States Of California And Nevada Compiled from the latest explorations and other official information by L. Nell, N.Y. Published by A.C. Frey & Co 204 Fulton St. New York. General Agents for California A. Roman & Co. 417 & 419 Montgomery St. San Francisco. Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lithographers, 96 Fulton St. N.Y. Entered by Frey & Nell ... New York. (inset) Map of the City of San Francisco, California. (inset) Map Of The Great National Pacific Railroads.
Pub Reference Wheat 1184; Streeter 3929; Norris 2341.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Pocket Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 94
Pub Width cm 74
Image No
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Author U.S. General Land Office
Date 1879
Short Title State Of California.
Publisher Julius Bien
Publisher Location New York
Type Separate Map
Obj Height cm 96
Obj Width cm 83
Scale 1 1,140,480
Note 2 sheet map printed in color. The first GLO map of California in printed colors. Shows 529 private land grants.
Reference Not in Kelsay; see P1405 for the atlas of 1879 which includes this map.
State/Province California
Subject U.S. Public Survey
Full Title Department Of The Interior General Land Office J.A. Williamson, Commissioner. State Of California Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman G.L.O. Photo lith & print by Julius Bien 16 & 18 Park Place N.Y.
List No
Series No 1
Engraver or Printer Roeser, C.
Publication Author U.S. General Land Office
Pub Date 1879
Pub Title Department Of The Interior General Land Office J.A. Williamson, Commissioner. State Of California Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman G.L.O. Photo lith & print by Julius Bien 16 & 18 Park Place N.Y.
Pub Reference Not in Kelsay; see P1405 for the atlas of 1879 which includes this map.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Separate Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 96
Pub Width cm 83
Image No
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Author U.S. War Department, Chief of Engineers
Date 1879
Short Title Map Of California And Nevada.
Publisher War Department
Publisher Location Washington
Type Separate Map
Obj Height cm 88
Obj Width cm 72
Scale 1 1,500,000
Note A larger version of a portion of the Freyhold/Warren U.S. of Wheat mentions this map in the same paragraph as the Freyhold/Warren map but he does not notice that they are from the same map! Wheat calls this map "certainly a major map of this large area..." Issued on thin paper for field use. Paper is watermarked "Crane Co " Map is without color.
Reference Wheat 1293.
State/Province Arizona
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
State/Province Utah
Subject U.S. War Dept.
Full Title Map Of California And Nevada, With Parts Of Utah & Arizona. Prepared in the Office of the Chief Of Engineers U.S.A
List No
Series No 1
Publication Author U.S. War Department, Chief of Engineers
Pub Date 1879
Pub Title Map Of California And Nevada, With Parts Of Utah & Arizona. Prepared in the Office of the Chief Of Engineers U.S.A
Pub Reference Wheat 1293.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Separate Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 88
Pub Width cm 72
Image No
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Author Bidwell, John,
Author Larkin, Thomas Oliver,
Date 1848
Short Title Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region.
Publisher J.H. Bufford & Co.
Publisher Location N.P.
Type Case Map
Obj Height cm 52
Obj Width cm 44
Note Escala de 15 Leguas Spanish (linear scale). Lithograph, 21 3/8"x 17 1/4", full color. Scale about ---. Folded in cloth case, 5"x 3 1/4", blind stamped, "Gold Region" in gilt on front cover; on verso of front cover, printed paper label, in gilt, reading, "A Correct Survey of the Gold Region California." The map shows Ranchos in the Central Valley and along the American river has "Gold Region" on both sides. Signature in ink on verso front cover, "Stickney & Thaxter". Contained in red leather drop case, gilt trim, title in gilt on spine. Original in Warren Heckrotte Collection, which is the source of description and notes.
Reference Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. gold region, 49 (reproduction); Wheat. 25 California Maps, 4; Streeter 2526 (reproduction)
State/Province California
Region Sacramento River Valley (Calif.)
Event California Gold Rush
Full Title Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region. This map is a correct tracing of the map of Bidwell, Land Surveyor, by Thos. O. Larkin Esq: late Consul of the U.S. for California; and by him stated to be the best reference in California. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Bufford & Co. in the Clerks office for the District Court of Massachusetts. Table of Distances (distances by sea to California and points in between)
List No
Series No 1
Publication Author Bidwell, John,
Publication Author Larkin, Thomas Oliver,
Pub Date 1848
Pub Title Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region. This map is a correct tracing of the map of Bidwell, Land Surveyor, by Thos. O. Larkin Esq: late Consul of the U.S. for California; and by him stated to be the best reference in California. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Bufford & Co. in the Clerks office for the District Court of Massachusetts. Table of Distances (distances by sea to California and points in between)
Pub Reference Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. gold region, 49 (reproduction); Wheat. 25 California Maps, 4; Streeter 2526 (reproduction)
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Case Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 52
Pub Width cm 44
Image No
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Author Cram, George Franklin
Date 1875
Short Title California.
Publisher Cram Atlas Company
Publisher Location New York
Type Atlas Map
Obj Height cm 68
Obj Width cm 47
Scale 1 1,330,560
Note Map in full color by county. Railroad lines clearly shown. Inset of eastern California. (Note: The map has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise for readability.)
Reference P1275.
State/Province California
Subject Railroad
Full Title Cram's Rail Road & Township Map of California. Published by Geo. F. Cram. Proprietor of the Western Map Depot. 66, Lake St. Chicago Ills
List No
Series No 33
Publication Author Cram, George Franklin
Pub Date 1875
Pub Title New Commercial Atlas Of The United States and Territories: (Scale, 21 Miles To The Inch.) Showing All Railroads, Stations, Cities, Towns, Villages, Congressional Townships, Etc., Etc. A Complete Shippers' Guide. Drawn And Engraved From The Very Latest Government Surveys. Published By The Cram Atlas Company, New York And Chicago: Western Office, No. 66 Lake Street, Chicago. Entered , by The Cram Atlas Company ... Washington, District of Columbia. Printed At The Lakeside Press, Clark And Adams Sts., Chicago.
Pub Reference P1275.
Pub Note The rarest and most attractive of Cram's atlases. The maps are large folio, with hand color, taken from the same plates as Cram's pocket maps of the same date (or vice versa). All maps are on the same scale, 19 miles to one inch. This issue is five years earlier than the earliest (1880) shown in U.S. Atlases. Later editions were 1878, 1880, 1881, and 1885 (which may be smaller). After 1885, Cram discontinued this atlas and concentrated on the mass produced "Unrivaled Family Atlas" and the "Standard American Railway Atlas." All maps with full hand painted color except for the Rand McNally foldout map which has printed color. Bound in half leather dark brown cloth covered boards embossed with title "The Cram Atlas Company's New Commercial Atlas. Index Page 2." in gold.
Pub List No
Pub Type National Atlas
Pub Maps 36
Pub Height cm 55
Pub Width cm 42
Image No
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Author Eddy, William M.
Date 1854
Short Title Official map of the State of California.
Publisher R.A. Eddy
Publisher Location Marysville
Type Pocket Map
Obj Height cm 127
Obj Width cm 98
Scale 1 1,140,480
Note Lithograph, 49 3/4"x 38 1/2" plus floral border. Scale18 miles to an inch. Inset : 19 3/8"x 15 1/2", scale about 2 1/4 miles to an inch. Full color. Once folded, now flattened and backed with rice paper. Folder, 6 1/4"x 4 1/4" (15 x 12 cm.), rebacked, leather covered, blind stamped, title in gilt on front cover; verso front cover leaf of text advertising Colton's maps. In ink on leaf : Genl [name not decipherable] from Wm M Ed[dy ]. This matches signature on Eddy's Surveryor General's Report for According to Wheat, Eddy died in March, Wheat states that map was not yet ready in March 1854 but does not give reason. However, Eddy as Surveyor General states in his report dated Dec. 15, 1853 that he has received a few copies of the map and more were soon expected. My copy is signed by Eddy on verso of cover. Original in Warren Heckrotte Collection, which is the source of description and notes.
Reference Wheat. Maps of the California Gold Region, 257; Wheat. 25 California Maps, 19; Rowell. List of printed maps of California, p. 9.
State/Province California
Region San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Event California Gold Rush
Full Title Approved and declared to be the official map of the State of California by an act of the Legislature passed March 25th Compiled by W.M. Eddy State Surveyor General. Published for R.A. Eddy, Marysville, California by J.H. Colton, No. 86 Cedar St. New York Authorities --- (with inset:) San Francisco and Adjoining Bays. Engraved on stone by Schedler & Liebler, 129 William St. New York. Printed by D. McLellan, 26 Spruce St. N.Y. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by Wm. M. Eddy in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
List No
Series No 2
Engraver or Printer McClellan, D.
Engraver or Printer Schedler & Liebler
Publication Author Eddy, William M.
Pub Date 1854
Pub Title Approved and declared to be the official map of the State of California by an act of the Legislature passed March 25th Compiled by W.M. Eddy State Surveyor General. Published for R.A. Eddy, Marysville, California by J.H. Colton, No. 86 Cedar St. New York Authorities --- (with inset:) San Francisco and Adjoining Bays. Engraved on stone by Schedler & Liebler, 129 William St. New York. Printed by D. McLellan, 26 Spruce St. N.Y. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by Wm. M. Eddy in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
Pub Reference Wheat. Maps of the California Gold Region, 257; Wheat. 25 California Maps, 19; Rowell. List of printed maps of California, p. 9.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Pocket Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 127
Pub Width cm 98
Image No
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Author U.S. General Land Office
Date 1866
Short Title California.
Publisher U.S.
Publisher Location Washington
Type Atlas Map
Obj Height cm 77
Obj Width cm 90
Scale 1 1,170,000
Note Map in outline color. The following items are shown: asphaltum wells, salt ponds, oil springs, and numerous types of mines including gold, silver, quick silver, copper, tin and lead.
Reference P1388.
State/Province California
Subject U.S. Public Survey
Full Title Map of the Public Surveys in California and Nevada to accompany Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office Department of the Interior, General Land Office, October 2nd Jo. S. Wilson, Commissioner. Lith. of J. Bien, 24 Vesey Street, N.Y. House R. Ex. Doc. No th Cong. 1st. Sess.
List No
Series No 22
Engraver or Printer Bien, J.
Publication Author U.S. General Land Office
Pub Date 1866
Pub Title Maps accompanying Report of the commissioner of the General Land Office.
Pub Reference P1388.
Pub Note Table of contents has title: List Of Maps, Showing The progress of public surveys accompanying the Annual Report of the General Land Office, dated October 2, First large colored state maps issued by GLO. Maps mounted on linen and bound in folio with "General Land Office Report. Maps." stamped in gilt on the spine. No text, which was issued separately. Outline color. David Rumsey Collection copy lacks cover title.
Pub List No
Pub Type National Atlas
Pub Maps 23
Pub Height cm 40
Pub Width cm 28
Image No
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Author Rand McNally and Company
Date 1897
Short Title California.
Publisher Rand McNally
Publisher Location Chicago
Type Atlas Map
Obj Height cm 67
Obj Width cm 50
Scale 1 2,000,000
Note Col. map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows railroads, townships, reservations, etc. Insets: (Central California from Sacramento to Fresno). Scale (ca. 1:875,000) -- (Portion of Southern California from Los Angeles to San Diego). Scale (ca. 1:1,000,000). Title in margin: Rand, McNally & Company's Indexed atlas of the world. California.
State/Province California
Region California, Northern
Region California, Southern
Full Title Rand, McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of California. Copyright, 1892, by Rand, McNally & Co. (Chicago, 1897)
List No
Page No
Series No 156
Publication Author Rand McNally and Company
Pub Date 1897
Pub Title Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world containing large scale maps of every country and civil division upon the face of the globe, together with historical, descriptive, and statistical matter relative to each ... Accompanied by a new and original compilation forming a ready reference index ... Engraved, printed and published by Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago and New York, U.S.A., (on verso) Copyright, 1894, by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago ... (complete in two volumes)
Pub Reference cf Phillips, 1026 (1898 ed.)
Pub Note This was Rand McNally's highwater mark for its 19th century atlases. No obvious changes from the 1896 edition. Similar to the 1897 Standard Atlas of the World. Vol 1 - Foreign Countries, Vol 2 - United States. Map in full printed color. Atlas is bound in green cloth covers with "The Rand-McNally indexed atlas of the world . Foreign countries" and " ... United States" stamped in gilt on Volumes 1 and 2, respectively.
Pub List No
Pub Type World Atlas
Pub Maps 125
Pub Height cm 57
Pub Width cm 41
Image No
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Author Asher & Adams
Date 1874
Short Title Composite: Calif., Nevada.
Publisher Asher and Adams
Publisher Location New York
Type Composite Map
Obj Height cm 84
Obj Width cm 61
Scale 1 1,267,200
Note Composite of 2 sheets: South portion -- North portion. Hand col. engraved map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows townships, distances along railroads, etc. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Full Title (Composite of) Asher & Adams' California & Nevada. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1874 by Asher & Adams ... at Washington. (New York, 1874)
List No
Page No
Series No 35
Engraver or Printer Franklin Type Foundry
Publication Author Asher & Adams
Pub Date 1874
Pub Title Asher & Adams' new commercial, topographical, and statistical atlas and gazetteer of the United States: with maps showing the Dominion of Canada, Europe and the World ... Compiled, drawn, and engraved under the supervision of the publishers ... New York: Asher & Adams, 59 Beekman St. (on verso) Entered ... One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-four, by Asher & Adams ... Washington. Electrotyped at the Franklin Type Foundry, Cincinnati.
Pub Reference Phillips, 1273; Phillips. Maps of America, p. 923; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, L52.
Pub Note This was one of the first United States atlases to exclusively feature railroad lines, showing minimal topography (in this later edition more topographical features are added, earlier editions have fewer features shown ) and only showing towns on or next to the railroads lines. We find the maps most interesting and beautiful, although some might find them a bit spare. This copy was published late in 1874 and is the most complete edition. Contains maps of Washington, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Western Texas, etc. (similar to our early 1874 edition). The western United States maps are especially interesting. Full color. Bound in quarter leather dark brown and red cloth covered boards stamped with the title "Asher & Adams' new commercial and statistical alas and gazetteer of the United States." in gilt; the same title is blind stamped on the back cover. The remaining leather of the original spine reads "Asher & Adams' atlas and gazetteer of the U.S." Page numbering discontinuous.
Pub List No
Pub Type National Atlas
Pub Maps 41
Pub Height cm 46
Pub Width cm 34
Image No
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Author California State Board of Trade
Date 1892
Short Title Map of California.
Publisher California State Board of Trade
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Book Map
Obj Height cm 55
Obj Width cm 51
Scale 1 2,100,000
Note Col. lithographed map with 2 insets. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes statistical tables.
State/Province California
Full Title Map of California, prepared for the State Board of Trade, By the Elliot (sic) Pub. Co., S.F. (with) Map of section surrounding San Francisco. (with) Map showing Orange Co., and part of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.
List No
Series No 2
Engraver or Printer Elliott Pub. Co.
Publication Author California State Board of Trade
Pub Date 1892
Pub Title California hand book with state and county maps by the California State Board of Trade in association supported by voluntary contributions. San Francisco. (1892?)
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Guide Book
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 23
Pub Width cm 11
Image No
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Author California State Board of Trade
Date 1908
Short Title Map of California.
Publisher California State Board of Trade
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Book Map
Obj Height cm 65
Obj Width cm 51
Scale 1 1,770,000
Note Col. lithographed map. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Shows railway, shipping routes and counties only. Includes comparative area map and table of agricultural statistics.
State/Province California
Subject Railroad
Subject Statistical
Subject Data Visualization
Full Title Geographical, topographical and railroad map of California. Published by the California State Board of Trade, Copyrighted 1907.
List No
Series No 2
Publication Author California State Board of Trade
Pub Date 1908
Pub Title California resources and possibilities. Eighteenth annual report of the California State Board of Trade for the year Submitted March 10th, 1908.
Pub Note 64 page pamphlet including illus. and statistical tables. Includes small map "San Francisco Bay and environs," and larger folded col. lithographed map "Geographical, topographical and railroad map of California." Illustrated paper cover in color.
Pub List No
Pub Type Pamphlet
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 26
Pub Width cm 18
Image No
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Author Southern Pacific Company
Date 1901
Short Title Map of California.
Publisher Southern Pacific Company
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Separate Map
Obj Height cm 68
Obj Width cm 57
Scale 1 1,600,000
Note Col. lithographed map. Relief shown by hachures. Shows drainage, settlements, railroads, counties, etc. Includes indexes, and tables of temperature and county populations. David Rumsey Collection copy has annotations in red ink. "No M".
State/Province California
Subject Railroad
Full Title Map of California compiled from latest official & authentic information, by the Southern Pacific Company. (8th. edn. 1901)
List No
Series No 3
Publication Author Southern Pacific Company
Pub Date 1901
Pub Title Map of California compiled from latest official & authentic information, by the Southern Pacific Company. (verso) Map of California with a brief description of its resources, attractions, topography, climate, etc. Published by the Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company ... San Francisco, Cal. 8th. edn. (1901)
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Separate Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 68
Pub Width cm 57
Image No
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Author C.H. Street & Co.
Author Immigration Association of California
Date 1886
Short Title California.
Publisher Britton & Rey
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Separate Map
Obj Height cm 57
Obj Width cm 47
Scale 1 1,900,800
Note Relief shown by hachures. Covers also Nevada. Shows townships, railroads, etc.
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Full Title Map of the state of California, compiled expressly for C.H. Street & Co., successors to the Immigration Association of California, 415 Montgomery St., San Francisco ... Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F. (1886?)
List No
Series No 3
Engraver or Printer Britton & Rey
Publication Author C.H. Street & Co.
Publication Author Immigration Association of California
Pub Date 1886
Pub Title Map of the state of California, compiled expressly for C.H. Street & Co., successors to the Immigration Association of California, 415 Montgomery St., San Francisco ... Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F. (1886?)
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Separate Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 57
Pub Width cm 47
Image No
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Author Tassin, J. B.
Date 1851
Short Title State Of California.
Publisher Cooke and Lecount.
Publisher Location San Francisco
Type Separate Map
Obj Height cm 64
Obj Width cm 49
Scale 1 1,850,000
Note Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows drainage, counties, roads, etc. Covers also Nevada. Wheat Gold states it shows many more mining camps than any of the 1850 maps and "It is quite similar to Butler but discloses somewhat better workmanship."
Reference Wheat Gold, 208; Wheat 738; Rowell, List of printed maps of California, p. 9.
State/Province California
State/Province Nevada
Event California Gold Rush
Subject Mining
Full Title A newly constructed and improved map of the state of California. Shewing the extent and boundary of the different counties according to an Act passed by the Legislature April 25th, With a corrected and improved delineation of the gold region compiled from the best and most recent surveys by J.B. Tassin. Lith. by Pollard & Peregoy -- Published by Cooke and Lecount, San Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by J.B. Tassin ... Northern District of the state of California.
List No
Series No 1
Engraver or Printer Pollard & Peregoy.
Publication Author Tassin, J. B.
Pub Date 1851
Pub Title A newly constructed and improved map of the state of California. Shewing the extent and boundary of the different counties according to an Act passed by the Legislature April 25th, With a corrected and improved delineation of the gold region compiled from the best and most recent surveys by J.B. Tassin. Lith. by Pollard & Peregoy -- Published by Cooke and Lecount, San Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by J.B. Tassin ... Northern District of the state of California.
Pub Note See note field above.
Pub List No
Pub Type Separate Map
Pub Maps 1
Pub Height cm 64
Pub Width cm 49
Image No
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