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Yosemite Valley.
King, Clarence; Gardner...
Yosemite Valley.
1869
4212.018
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[California Geological Survey, King, Clarence, Gardner, J.T.]
Full Title
Map of the Yosemite Valley from Surveys made by order of the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove by C. King and J.T. Gardner 1865. Drawn by J.T.G.
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4212.018
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Date based upon the 1869 publication date of the volume. Relief shown by hachures. Folded map in pocket. Lacks most trails; has limited Valley features and names; Merced River in Valley poorly aligned. Same content as our Image No. 5949035 from The Yosemite Book, except this lacks green overlay.
Yosemite Valley.
King, Clarence; Gardner...
Yosemite Valley.
1869
5905.000
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Author
[California Geological Survey, King, Clarence, Gardner, J.T.]
Full Title
Map of the Yosemite Valley from Surveys made by order of the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove by C. King and J.T. Gardner 1865. Drawn by J.T.G.
List No
5905.000
Note
More refined version than that in the 1869 "Yosemite Guide-Book" but less refined than the version in the 1870 "Yosemite Guide-Book", hence our selection of 1869 for the estimated date. The result of a surveys begun in 1863 under the direction of Whitney, the State Geologist. This map is among the most detailed and largest scale maps published of Yosemite during this part of the 19th century, rivaled only by the Wheeler Survey map of Yosemite published in 1883. Because of the folds, this map appears to have been printed as a part of a book, either "The Yosemite Book" or "The Yosemite Guide-Book". This map, all versions of which have the date 1865 printed on the map, is in at least four editions with the most noteworthy aspect being the revision of the rendering of the Valley floor: the first editions had a very inaccurate alignment of the Merced river; this edition of the map is the first to have a good river alignment plus the following features were added: Valley floor redrawn; limited number of Valley structures drawn and labeled including "Ferry", "Leidig's Hotel", "Hutching's Hotel"; "Hutching's Hs." (House), Lamon's Hs."; three orchards; "Ladders Bridge"; "Cap of Liberty"; "Engraved & printed by Julius Bien, N.Y."
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