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Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap...
Gold And Quicksilver Di...
1848
3458.000
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Ord, Edward Otho Cresap (E.O.C.O.)
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Topographical Sketch of the Gold & Quicksilver District Of California, July 25th 1848. E. O. C. O. Lt. U.S.A. P.S. Duval's Lith. steam Press Phila.
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3458.000
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First accurate map to show the gold discoveries. In President Polk's Message to Congress, December 5, 1848, House Executive Document No.1, 30th Congress, Second Session. Wheat calls this "Most important of all the maps of 1848...of paramount importance in any cartographical consideration of the gold rush." See also Mason's two maps published with his report in the same volume. Relief shown by hachures.
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