Map of the Gold Regions of California, Showing the Routes via Chagres and Panama, Cape Horn, &c.
List No
4683.000
Note
This is the thin paper copy with smaller ornamental border and no publisher credit. Wheat believes it was folded into some copies of Farnham's "Life, Adventures, and Travels in California;" our copies of that book have the Haven map pasted in one (see our #3963) and this map pasted in the other (see our #5001). This copy shows signs of being folded. It was probably sold with the book and separately. The text is the same as the broadside issue but the title is in different type. Scarce.
Langley, Henry G.
San Francisco.
1890
Separate Map
Authors
Langley, Henry G.
Full Title
Guide Map Of The City Of San Francisco Compiled From The Official Surveys & Engraved Expressly For Langley's San Francisco Directory 1890. Copyright By Geo. B. Wilbur Receiver Of Painter & Co. 1890. McAfee, Baldwin & Hammond. Real Estate Agents And Auctioneers, 10 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Lots For Sale In All Parts Of The City ...
List No
5315.001
Note
Ad for G.G. Wickson & Co. on verso. Map is printed in full color.
United States Coast Survey
Entrance to San Francisco Ba
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1859
Chart Map
Authors
United States Coast Survey
Full Title
Entrance to San Francisco Bay California. From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A.D. Bache Superintendent of the Survey Of The Coast Of The United States. Triangulation by R.D. Cutts Asst. & A.F. Rodgers Sub-Assts. Hydrography by the Party under the command of Lieut. Comdg. James Alden U.S.N. Asst. 1859. U.S. Coast Survey Office. Verified W.R. Palmer ... No. 36. Redd. Drng. by W.M.C. Fairfax, J. Lambert, & J.J. Ricketts. Engd. by J. Knight, A. Blondeau & G.B. Metzeroth. Electrotype Copy No. 2 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S. (inset map) Sub-Sketch Of Entrance To San Francisco Bay. 1859.).
List No
1032.000
Note
Light paper chart-full margins, shows plate marks. Map is without color.
Tanner, Henry S.
Cover: California, New Mexic
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1849
Pocket Map
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
(Covers to) Map of California New Mexico Texas &c. Published by H.S. Tanner No. 156 Fulton St. New York 1849.
List No
4073A
Tanner, Henry S.
Map of California New Mexico
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1849
Pocket Map
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
Map of California New Mexico Texas &c. Published by H.S. Tanner No. 156 Fulton St. New York 1849.
List No
4073.001
Note
This is taken from Tanner's Map of the United States of Mexico, with the addition of the California Gold Regions colored in yellow, and an added inset map of "United States, Mexico &c. Shewing the Routes from N. York to St. Francisco by Land & Water." The map has been updated to show Fremont's route across the Great Basin and the "Boundary of 1848" with Mexico. The 14x9 cover entitled "Tanner's Travelling Map of California & c has on the inside front a "Table of Routes from New-York to California, with the Modes of Conveyance, Distances, Time and Fares." This is a very late map for Tanner, still printed from engraved plates (although the impression looks a bit tired), in the next to last year of his publishing career. He died in Brooklyn in 1858.
Langley, Henry G.
(Advertisement with) Guide M
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1890
Separate Map
Authors
Langley, Henry G.
Full Title
(Advertisement with) Guide Map Of The City Of San Francisco Compiled From The Official Surveys & Engraved Expressly For Langley's San Francisco Directory 1890. Copyright By Geo. B. Wilbur Receiver Of Painter & Co. 1890. McAfee, Baldwin & Hammond. Real Estate Agents And Auctioneers, 10 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Lots For Sale In All Parts Of The City ...
List No
5315A
Note
Ad for G.G. Wickson & Co. on verso. Map is printed in full color.
Jackson, William A.
Cover: Mining District of Ca
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1851
Pocket Map
Authors
Jackson, William A.
Full Title
(Covers to) Map Of The Mining District of California by Wm. A. Jackson. Published by Lambert & Lane, 69 Wall St. New York. Entered ... 1851 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. 1851.
List No
2545A
Jackson, William A.
Mining District of Californi
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1851
Pocket Map
Authors
Jackson, William A.
Full Title
Map Of The Mining District of California by Wm. A. Jackson. Published by Lambert & Lane, 69 Wall St. New York. Entered ... 1851 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. 1851.
List No
2545.001
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.
Melish, John
Map of the United States wit
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1816
Case Map
Authors
Melish, John
Full Title
Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the latest & best Authorities By John Melish. Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner. Entered ... 6th day of June 1816. Published by John Melish Philadelphia. (inset) West Indies.
List No
5168.001
Note
With insets of the West Indies and a Statistical Table. This map has the distinction of being the first large scale detailed map made in the U.S. that showed the entire country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This copy is an early state of the first edition -this is Martin's third state of the first edition and Ristow's fourth state (Ristow discovered a town and trail added in Ohio - Adelphi - making for a sub state of Martin's third state). The first state was an incomplete proof copy, making this the second/third state of the completed copy. The differences between this and the first complete state are small: Mansfield, Wooster, and Adelphi (and a trail from Adelphi to Athens and Chillicothe) added in Ohio, and "Vevay or" added before "Swiss Vineyards" in southeastern Indiana. Martin and Ristow identify seven states of the 1816 edition. Melish published new editions in 1818 (five states), 1819 (two states), 1820 (eight states), 1822 (two states), and 1823 (one state) for a total of twenty five different issues. Notwithstanding the many issues, the map has become extremely rare. A book accompanied the map (though issued separately) titled "A Geographical Description of the United States..." (see our #2424). Outline color by state or territory. This copy is dissected into 40 sections, backed with linen, and edged in brown cloth. It folds with marbled end sheets into new blue cloth folding boards and slip case 24.5x16.5 with leather label on spine reading "Melish. Map Of The United States. 1816" in gold.
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Cover: Texas, Oregon and Cal
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1846
Pocket Map
Authors
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Full Title
(Covers to) A New Map of Texas Oregon and California With The Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the most recent authorities. Philadelphia Published by S. Augustus Mitchell N.E. Corner Of Market & Seventh Streets. 1846. Entered ... 1845 by H.N. Burroughs ... Pennsylvania.
List No
0534A
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
A New Map of Texas Oregon an
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1846
Pocket Map
Authors
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Full Title
A New Map of Texas Oregon and California With The Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the most recent authorities. Philadelphia Published by S. Augustus Mitchell N.E. Corner Of Market & Seventh Streets. 1846. Entered ... 1845 by H.N. Burroughs ... Pennsylvania.
List No
0534.001
Note
With 46 page "Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map Of Texas, Oregon, and California With The Regions Adjoining;" the full color map is folded into stamped black leather covers 13.5x8 with "Texas, Oregon And California" in gilt. This was one of Mitchell's most popular and important pocket maps. Later editions were published in 1849, 1851, and 1852, as pocket maps and as insets to the large Reference and Distance Map of the United States. It was also issued separately as a wall map. This issue has Texas colored green, some copies have Texas colored brown (has the green changed over time?). The text has a catalogue for Mitchell's publications. Mitchell first issued this map as an inset to his Reference and Distance Map of the United States in the 1846 edition (see our copy).
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1
…
New Orleans. San Francisco.
1857
National Atlas
Authors
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871, Rogers, Henry Darwin
Full Title
New Orleans. San Francisco. London ... & according to an act of Congress ... 1857, by H.D. Rogers ... Massachusetts. London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, Edinburgh, W. & A.K. Johnston. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh.
List No
3825.030
Note
Full color in water sections, cities with no color.
Wheeler, G.M.
47B, D. E. Calif., W. Nevada
…
1879
National Atlas
Authors
Wheeler, G.M.
Full Title
Parts Of Eastern California And Western Nevada, Atlas Sheets 47(B) & 47(D). Issued June 30, 1879. Weyss, Lang and Herman Del. Expeditions of 1876 and 1877 Under the Command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1877. Executive Officers and Field Astronomers: 1st. Lieut. S.E. Tillman, Corps of Engineers U.S. Army, 2nd Lieuts. T.W. Symons, Corps of Engineers U.S. Army and M.M. Macomb, 4th Artillery U.S. Army. Topographical Assistants: Gilbert Thompson, J.C. Spiller, Anton Karl, Frank Carpenter, W.A. Cowles. U.S. Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian.
List No
2738.025
Note
Two sheets joined as one in light tint with hachures. Note indicates topography in the vicinity of Pyramid and Winnemucca Lakes and the Mud Flats is taken from the 40th Parallel Exploration under Clarence King.
Wheeler, G.M.
47B, D. Land Classification
…
1879
National Atlas
Authors
Wheeler, G.M.
Full Title
Land Classification Map Of Parts Of Eastern Cal. And Western Nev., Atlas Sheets 47(B) & 47(D). Issued June 30th 1879. Weyss, Lang and Herman Del. Expeditions of 1876 and 1877 Under the Command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1877. U.S. Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian.
List No
2738.027
Note
In full color by land classification with percentages for each type given.
Wheeler, G.M.
Topographical Map Of The Yos
…
1883
National Atlas
Authors
Wheeler, G.M.
Full Title
Topographical Map Of The Yosemite Valley And Vicinity. Preliminary Edition. Part Of East Central California. Mountain Drawing by J.E. Weyss, Lettering by J. Franke. From Topographical Plat by Lt. Macomb, Nov. 30, 1883. Julius Bien & Co. Photo. lith. Expeditions Of 1878-79, Under the Command of Capt. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. U.S. Geographical Surveys West Of The 100th Meridian.
List No
2738.110
Note
Yosemite valley in hachures with light cream tint.
Vincent
Map of the State of Californ
…
1860
Pocket Map
Authors
Vincent
Full Title
Map Of The State Of California. Compiled from the most recent surveys and explorations Containing all the latest discoveries and newest towns. By Vincent. Printed by Mangeon S. Jacques St. Engraved by Ch. Smith. (inset) San Francisco and its surrounding localities. 1860.
List No
1124.000
Note
Unusual map showing California on its side with north to the left, an inset map and a beautiful view titled "Panorama Of San Francisco and Contra Costa." Full color by county.
Cushee, Richard
New Globe of the Earth.
1731
Globe
Authors
Cushee, Richard
Full Title
A New Globe of the Earth by R. Cushee 1731.
List No
3992.000
Note
Scarce 3 inch diameter pocket globe in black fishskin case lined with colored celestial gores. California is shown as an island, and eastern Australia is not mapped. A very early example of a pocket globe.
Espinosa y Tello, J.
Title Page: Atlas para el Vi
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1802
Exploration Book
Authors
Espinosa y Tello, J.
Full Title
(Title Page to) Atlas para el Viage de las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana al reconocimiento del Estrecho de Juan de Fuca en 1792, Publicado en 1802.
List No
4476A
Note
The Spanish "Vancouver." Atlas volume only, first edition. Sometimes attributed to Dionisio Alcala Galiano. The title of the text volume is "Relacion del Viage Hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en al ano 1792 para reconocer el estrecho de Fuca..." The last and very important voyage up the Pacific coast to be undertaken by Spain is detailed in the nine maps and eight plates of the atlas. Galiano and Cayetano Valdes led the expedition, arriving in the northwest at the same time as Vancouver. Although the maps were published four years after the Vancouver maps, Wagner considers them in many respects to be superior, and Humboldt used them in his Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne. Wagner further states: "The general impression today...is that the English discoveries of Vancouver were published four years before those of the Spaniards. This...is a misapprehension... The principal reason, however, why the nomenclature and geography of Vancouver came to occupy the field was that his maps were extensively copied by the famous English cartographer, Aaron Arrowsmith, and later by the English Admiralty."
Espinosa y Tello, J.
Carta Esferica de los Recono
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1802
Exploration Book
Authors
Espinosa y Tello, J.
Full Title
Carta Esferica de los Reconocimientos Hechos en la Costa N.O. De America en 1791 y 92 por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana, y otros Buques de S.M. Cardano lo grabo. Morata lo escribio. Numero 1.
List No
4476.001
Note
Uncolored map stretching from C. Perpetua to Acapulco.
Espinosa y Tello, J.
Plano del Puerto y Bahia De
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1802
Exploration Book
Authors
Espinosa y Tello, J.
Full Title
Plano del Puerto y Bahia De Monte Rey situado en la Costa de Californs. Tabajado a bordo de las Corvetas Descubierta y Atrevida. Ano 1791. Cardano lo grabo. Morata lo escribio. Numo. 6.
List No
4476.006
Note
The Monterey Bay and peninsula showing the Presidio of Monterey, the Missions in Santa Cruz and Carmel (S. Carlos) and soundings in the bay.
Martin, R.M., Tallis, J. & F
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Mexico, California and Texas
…
1851
World Atlas
Authors
Martin, R.M., Tallis, J. & F.
Full Title
Mexico, California and Texas. The Illustrations by H. Warren & Engraved by J. Rogers. The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
List No
0466.072
Note
Mexico in outline color by county. New or Upper California and Texas shown in outline color. California's "newly discovered GOLD districts" are highlighted in bright yellow following the paths of the R. Sacramento and the Rio San Joaquin. The accompanying illustrations include gold washing, Mexican peasants and the ruins of Uxmal, Yucatan. The decorative border includes vegetation, fruits and vegetables from the region.
Holdredge, Sterling M.
Illus. Title Page: State, te
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1866
Guide Book
Authors
Holdredge, Sterling M.
Full Title
(Illustrated Title Page to) State, Territorial and Ocean Guide Book of the Pacific: Containing The Time and Distance Tables ... on or Connecting with the Pacific Coast and the Interior ... To Which Are Added Nine Large and Reliable Maps Showing Principal Towns, Routes of Communication, etc. San Francisco: Published Semi-Annually by Sterling M. Holdredge. ... 1866.
List No
2544A
Note
Cowen p289. 2nd edition, 1st was 1865. Only two editions are known, 1865 and 1866 (Wheat). Wheat praised these maps and illustrated all nine. With a beautiful chromo litho title page illustrated with a globe showing the western hemisphere. Transportation scenes surround globe, including ships, a riverboat, train, and stagecoach. The nine maps are all double page and full of interesting information. They were lithographed by Grafton T. Brown, the first black lithographer in San Francisco. Rare. Book bound with cloth covers and "Guide Book of the Pacific" on the spine.
Holdredge, Sterling M.
Title Page: State, territori
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1866
Guide Book
Authors
Holdredge, Sterling M.
Full Title
(Title Page to) State, Territorial and Ocean Guide Book of the Pacific: Containing The Time and Distance Tables ... on or Connecting with the Pacific Coast and the Interior ... To Which Are Added Nine Large and Reliable Maps Showing Principal Towns, Routes of Communication, etc. San Francisco: Published Semi-Annually by Sterling M. Holdredge. ... 1866.
List No
2544B
Note
Cowen p289. 2nd edition, 1st was 1865. Only two editions are known, 1865 and 1866 (Wheat). Wheat praised these maps and illustrated all nine. With a beautiful chromo litho title page. The nine maps are all double page and full of interesting information. They were lithographed by Grafton T. Brown, the first black lithographer in San Francisco. Rare. Book bound with cloth covers and "Guide Book of the Pacific" on the spine.
Holdredge, Sterling M.
Central California.
1866
Guide Book
Authors
Holdredge, Sterling M.
Full Title
Central California.
List No
2544.001
Note
Map with pink line designating the California/Nevada border. Map centers on the San Francisco Bay area as well as the Gold Regions of the state.
Carver, Jonathan
Title Page: Travels through
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1781
Exploration Book
Authors
Carver, Jonathan
Full Title
(Title Page to)Travels Through The Interior Parts Of North America, In The Years 1766, 1767, And 1768. By J. Carver, Esq. Captain Of A Company Of Provincial Troops During The Late War With France. Illustrated With Copper Plates, Coloured. The Third Edition. To which is added, Some Account Of The Author, And A Copious Index. London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, H. Payne, in Pall-mall, and J. Phillips, in George-Yard, Lombard-Street. MDCCLXXXI. (with 2 maps).
List No
0131A
Note
3rd and best edition. With two important maps: A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries 1778 (shows the proposed eleven numbered territories west of Pennsylvania) and A Plan of Captain Carver's Travels in the interior Parts of North America in 1766 and 1767.
Carver, Jonathan
New Map of North America.
1781
Exploration Book
Authors
Carver, Jonathan
Full Title
A New Map of North America, From the Latest Discoveries. 1778. Engrav'd for Carvers Travels.
List No
0131.001
Note
Map in color with the majority in outline color and the Midwest in full color. Stretches to Baffin Bay in the north.
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Cover: Mexico, adjacent prov
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1810
Case Map
Authors
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Full Title
(Covers to) A New Map of Mexico and Adjacent Provinces Compiled from Original Documents by A. Arrowsmith. 1810. London. Published 5th October 1810 by A. Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Sque. Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engraved by E. Jones. (with) three inset maps: Valley of Mexico, from Mr. Humboldt's Map, Veracruz, and Acapulco.
List No
2035A
Note
All four covers have labels affixed stating: "Ch. Picquet, Geographe ordinaire DU ROI et de S.A.S. Monseign. le Duc d'Orleans. A Paris, Quai de Conti No. 17, entre l'Hotel des Monnaies et le Pont de Arts."
Arrowsmith, Aaron, Humboldt,
…
Mexico and Adjacent Province
…
1810
Case Map
Authors
Arrowsmith, Aaron, Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Full Title
A New Map of Mexico and Adjacent Provinces Compiled from Original Documents by A. Arrowsmith. 1810. London. Published 5th October 1810 by A. Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Sque. Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Engraved by E. Jones. (with) three inset maps: Valley of Mexico, from Mr. Humboldt's Map, Veracruz, and Acapulco.
List No
2035.001
Note
Map in outline color.
Collot, George Henri Victor,
…
Map of the Missouri, of the
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1796
National Atlas
Authors
Collot, George Henri Victor, Tardieu, P.F.
Full Title
Map of the Missouri, of the higher parts of the Mississippi, and of the elevated Plain, where the Waters divide, which run, Eastward into the River St. Lawrence, North East into Hudson's Bay, North North West into the Frozen Sea, and South into the Gulf of Mexico. To which is added Mackenzie's track in 1789. PL. 29.
List No
4664.019
Note
This was the first map to show the results of the expedition of J.B. Trudeau from 1794 to 1796. It is also one of the most important late Eighteenth Century maps showing the Transmississippi West and is highly praised (and illustrated) by Wheat: "an important intermediate cartographic step between Soulard's highly rudimentary showing of the Missouri Basin, and the excellent charts of the river as far as the Mandan Villages drawn by McKay and Evans."
Thompson, Thos. H.
Title Page: Historical atlas
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1877
County Atlas
Authors
Thompson, Thos. H.
Full Title
(Title Page to) Historical Atlas Map Of Sonoma County, California. Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and actual Surveys By Thos. H. Thompson & Co. Oakland, Cala. 1877. Resolved, That having examined the proof-sheets of "Thompson's Atlas Map" of Sonoma County, we find the same to be correct and hereby adopt the same as the official map of the County, for township lines and road purposes ... Thos. Hunter Pr. Phila. N. Friend, Engr. Smith, Del.
List No
2205B
Note
First county atlas of Sonoma County. Thompson published county atlases in Illinois in the early 1870's with Lewis Everts, he came to California in the mid 1870's and over the next two decades published six California county atlases: Alameda, Solano, Tulare, Santa Clara, Fresno, and Sonoma. Bound in embossed half leather dark green cloth covered boards with "New Historical Atlas Of Sonoma County, California. Illustrated. Thos. H. Thompson & Co. 1877." stamped in gilt on the front cover and blind stamped on the back.
Thompson, Thos. H.
Map of Sonoma County Califor
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1877
County Atlas
Authors
Thompson, Thos. H.
Full Title
Map of Sonoma County California. 1877. (with) Sonoma Daily and Weekly Democrat, and McCunes Block.
List No
2205.003
Note
In color by region. The Sonoma Democrat is in Santa Rosa. Thos L. Thompson is the proprietor. R.A. & T.L. Thompson are the editors. The McCunes Block building is the office of the Petaluma Weekly Argus, established Aug. 1855. Weston, Scunder & Co., Proprietors. Petaluma, Cal.
Thompson, Thos. H.
Rule Ranch ... Old Fort Ross
…
1877
County Atlas
Authors
Thompson, Thos. H.
Full Title
"Rule Ranch." Res. of Elizabeth Rule, Ocean Tp. (with) "Old Fort Ross." as seen from the Hill, Res. of G.W. Call. (with) Meeker Bros. Near Occidental. (with) Res. of William Howard, Howard Summit. (all) Sonoma Co., Cal.
List No
2205.010
Note
Without color. The Old Fort Ross view labels the Sandy Beach, Fort Ross and Fort Ross Landing. The Meeker Bros. view states they are "Manufacturers of all kinds of red wood and pine lumber and a general assortment of mouldings." Two inset views show the Res. of A.P. Meeker and the Res. of M.C. Meeker.
Thompson, Thos. H.
Ocean, Bodega, and Analy Tow
…
1877
County Atlas
Authors
Thompson, Thos. H.
Full Title
Map of the City of Healdsburg, Sonoma Co. Cal. 1877. (with) Santa Rosa Brewery, Santa Rosa, Cal. Joost & Metzger, Proprs. Map Number Seven. (Ocean, Bodega, and Analy Townships.)
List No
2205.017
Note
Maps in full color with view in black and white. Scale of Healdsburg map (1:7,200)
Thompson, Thos. H.
View of Washoe Corners and t
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1877
County Atlas
Authors
Thompson, Thos. H.
Full Title
View of Washoe Corners and the Res. and Stock of H. Mecham, and a portion of his Rancho. Petaluma, Sonoma Co., Cal. (with two inset views) Holly and Magoon (and) Washoe House. A Rickett, Proprietor.
List No
2205.031
Note
Views uncolored. Holly and Magoon are "Dealers in Plows, Farming Implements & Machinery. Agents for Schuttler Wagons & Buckeye Repairs& Mowers." The Washoe House can be identified in the View of Washoe Corners (middle right).
Thompson, Thos. H.
Portraits of Gen'l. M.G. Val
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1877
County Atlas
Authors
Thompson, Thos. H.
Full Title
Res. of P.H. Thompson (with) Res. of A.D. Lowell (with) Orange Grove & Res. of C.C. Carriger (all) Sonoma, Sonoma Co. Cal. (with) Res. of Charles Lehn, Russian River Tp., Sonoma Co. Cal. (with) Portraits of General M.G. Vallejo, Franklin Bedwell, Harmon G. Heald, Cyrus Alexander and Jacob R. Snyder.
List No
2205.044
Note
Uncolored views. The portraits are of men of importance in Sonoma county and includes their signatures below their pictures. A biography of each person is on the back of the page.
Britton & Rey
Map of San Francisco.
1852
Separate Map
Authors
Britton & Rey
Full Title
Map of San Francisco, Compiled from latest Surveys & containing all late extensions & Division of Wards. Published By Britton & Rey, San Francisco Cal.
List No
4333.000
Note
Letter sheet map showing the "Lately planket (sic) Streets" and the original shoreline. Streeter estimates the date by comparison with the Butler and Zakreski maps, which are earlier and later, respectively. With a vignette of an untitled building in the lower right corner. This copy was owned by the noted San Francisco collector Dr. Alexander Thomas Leonard, with his signature and notes on the verso of the board the map is mounted on. According to Sally Woodbridge the firm of of Page, Bacon & Co., which owned the building in the lower right corner was at the top of the banking heap in 1852, it was est. in 1849 as a branch of a St. Louis bank. In the financial panic of 1855 it suffered a disastrous run and was ruined along with many other banks.
Johnstone, E. McD.
The Unique Map Of California
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1885
Separate Map
Authors
Johnstone, E. McD.
Full Title
The Unique Map Of California. Copyrighted. E. McD. Johnstone. Dickman-Jones Co. Lith. S.F. (with 3 inset maps, 1 profile).
List No
4349.000
Note
The date is estimated from the county formation (San Benito and Del Norte). This is a remarkable map with twenty vignettes of California scenes and three inset maps showing soil, temperature, and areas. Another inset shows the heights of the Sierra Nevada mountains. All these elements combine to make a beautiful map. Little is know about the maker, Johnstone, except that he drew the Climatic Map of California as well (see our #941). Printed in full color.
Tanner, Henry S.
Title Page: New American atl
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1823
World Atlas
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
(Title Page to) A New American Atlas Containing Maps Of The Several States of the North American Union, Projected and drawn on a Uniform Scale from Documents found in the public Offices of the United States and State Governments, and other Original and Authentic Information, By Henry S. Tanner ... Philadelphia: Published By H.S. Tanner. 1823. (title page only) Writing Drawn and Engraved by Joseph Perkins. Barralet del. Humphrys sc.
List No
5388C
Note
The first edition with the earliest states of all the maps. Many believe this to be the finest atlas published in the United States in the 19th century. The text essay (included here) is a wonderful compilation of information on the contemporary maps that Tanner used as sources. Tanner updated the maps frequently over the next two decades, and issued several editions or compilations of the atlas with the title pages dated 1823 or 1825, but with some of the maps dated as late as 1833. The collation of our six issues shows that no two copies are alike and that the maps were being constantly updated, however the choice of maps for each edition reveals a somewhat haphazard approach with some of the earliest states of a particular map appearing the one of the later atlas editions. A completely revised edition was issued in 1839, with the title page and most of the maps dated 1839 (see P1382). Hand painted in outline color with a full color wash. Atlas is bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Tanner's American Atlas" stamped in gilt on a front leather label.
Tanner, Henry S.
North America...N.W. Sheet.
1823
World Atlas
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
A Map of North America, Constructed According To The Latest Information: by H.S. Tanner. N.W. Sheet. (with) Western Part of the Alleutian Islands. Entered ... 27th day of May 1822, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved & Published by H.S. Tanner. Philadelphia. 1822. Printed by Wm. Duffee. American Atlas.
List No
5388.009
Note
First of four sheets comprising the North American map. Scale measured at 10 degrees latitude. In full color. Map stretches north from Oregon to the Aleutian Islands in the west and the middle of Canada in the east.
Tanner, Henry S.
North America...N.E. Sheet.
1823
World Atlas
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
A Map of North America, Constructed According To The Latest Information: by H.S. Tanner. N.E. Sheet. Entered ... 27th day of May 1822, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved & Published by H.S. Tanner. Philadelphia. 1822. Printed by Wm. Duffee. American Atlas.
List No
5388.010
Note
Second of four sheets comprising the North American map. Scale measured at 10 degrees latitude. In full color. Map stretches north from southern Canada to the to of Baffin's Bay. Includes a list of the voyages to the area from Columbus in 1492 to Parry in 1820.
Tanner, Henry S.
North America...S.W. Sheet.
1823
World Atlas
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
A Map of North America, Constructed According To The Latest Information: by H.S. Tanner. S.W. Sheet. Entered ... 27th day of May 1822, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved & Published by H.S. Tanner. Philadelphia. 1822. Printed by Wm. Duffee. American Atlas.
List No
5388.011
Note
Third of four sheets comprising the North American map. Scale measured at 10 degrees latitude. In full color. This section contains the title cartouche with an elaborate drawing that includes Natural Bridge in Virginia and the Falls of Niagara. This section includes California and Mexico.
Tanner, Henry S.
North America...S.E. Sheet.
1823
World Atlas
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
A Map of North America, Constructed According To The Latest Information: by H.S. Tanner. S.E. Sheet. (with) Comparative Altitudes of the Mountains, Towns &c of North America. Entered ... 27th day of May 1822, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved & Published by H.S. Tanner. Philadelphia. 1822. Printed by Wm. Duffee. American Atlas.
List No
5388.012
Note
Fourth of four sheets comprising the North American map. Scale measured at 10 degrees latitude. In full color. This section includes the comparative altitude map, and two scales for latitude and longitude.
Tanner, Henry S.
Composite: North America.
1823
World Atlas
Authors
Tanner, Henry S.
Full Title
(Composite of) A Map of North America, Constructed According To The Latest Information: by H.S. Tanner. S.E. Sheet. Entered ... 27th day of May 1822, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved & Published by H.S. Tanner. Philadelphia. 1822. Printed by Wm. Duffee. American Atlas.
List No
5388.013
Note
Composite of the four North American map sheet. Scale measured at 10 degrees latitude. In full color.
Sheet with maps of four states in full color. It is noted that one-third of the state of Idaho is entirely sterile, yielding nothing but sage brush and a little buffalo grass. The major industry of the state is salt production. California is "termed the great fruit State of the Union." Each card measures 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
Bancroft, A.L.
Cover: San Francisco.
1873
Pocket Map
Authors
Bancroft, A.L.
Full Title
(Covers to) Bancroft's Official Guide Map Of City And County Of San Francisco, Compiled From Official Maps In Surveyor's Office. Published by A.L. Bancroft & Co. ... San Francisco, 1873. Entered ... 1873, by A.L. Bancroft & Company ... Washington, D.C. (inset) Skeleton Map Showing the relative position of San Francisco to the Surrounding Country.
List No
0045A
Bancroft, A.L.
Bancroft's Official Guide Ma
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1873
Pocket Map
Authors
Bancroft, A.L.
Full Title
Bancroft's Official Guide Map Of City And County Of San Francisco, Compiled From Official Maps In Surveyor's Office. Published by A.L. Bancroft & Co. ... San Francisco, 1873. Entered ... 1873, by A.L. Bancroft & Company ... Washington, D.C. (inset) Skeleton Map Showing the relative position of San Francisco to the Surrounding Country.
List No
0045.001
Note
1st edition 1872. Map is folded into dark brown cloth covers 16x10.5 with "Bancroft's Guide Map Of The City And County Of San Francisco." stamped in gilt.
Barber, B.B., Willard, A.
Map of the United States of
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1835
Separate Map
Authors
Barber, B.B., Willard, A.
Full Title
Map Of The United States Of America With Its Territories & Districts. Including also a part of Upper & Lower Canada And Mexico. Published By B.B. Barber & A. Willard, Hartford, 1835.
List No
2240.000
Note
1st ed. was 1833, later editions by Reed & Barber. An unusual map in two sheets, showing the continent coast to coast. Tanner's influence from his North America map is evident in the west, and Long's map has influenced the plains, but Tanner's U.S. map is the primary source, in the Oregon District, the Plains, and the area east of the Mississippi. The Great Basin is filled with a table of distances and heights of mountains (which convention appears in several maps published in Hartford about this time by Thrall, Huntington, Olney's Geography, etc.). Wheat mentions the 1849 and 1850 editions of this map published by Reed and Barber, but this much earlier and different edition was unknown to him. Not in Phillips. Views of the Capital and the White House. Phelps did a related and somewhat smaller map in 1833 - see our copy. After the 1835 edition, no editions until the 1848 by Reed and Barber (see our 1849, 1850 and 1854 editions). Map is in full color.
Bielawski, C., Hoffman, Hoff
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The Central Part of the Stat
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1865
Pocket Map
Authors
Bielawski, C., Hoffman, Hoffmann, J.D., Poett, A.
Full Title
Topographical And Railroad Map of the Central Part of the State of California, and Part of the State Of Nevada. 1865. 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 ... 1865 by J.D. Hoffmann & A. Poett ... California.
List No
4822.001
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.
Blum, George W.
Cover: California cyclers' g
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1896
Guide Book
Authors
Blum, George W.
Full Title
(Covers to) The Cyclers' Guide and Road Book of California Containing Map of California in relief with principal Roads, Seven Sectional Maps showing all available Roads for Cyclers from Chico to San Diego, and a Map of Golden Gate Park. 1896. Price, One Dollar. Compiled and Published by Geo. W. Blum, 330 Pine St., S.F. Edward Denny & Co., Agents. (on verso) Copyrighted 1895 By Geo. W. Blum, San Francisco, Cal.
List No
1592A
Blum, George W.
Title Page: Cyclers' guide a
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1896
Guide Book
Authors
Blum, George W.
Full Title
(Title Page to) The Cyclers' Guide and Road Book of California Containing Map of California in relief with principal Roads, Seven Sectional Maps showing all available Roads for Cyclers from Chico to San Diego, and a Map of Golden Gate Park. 1896. Price, One Dollar. Compiled and Published by Geo. W. Blum, 330 Pine St., S.F. Edward Denny & Co., Agents. (on verso) Copyrighted 1895 By Geo. W. Blum, San Francisco, Cal.
