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Title Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c. : showing the routes of the U.S. mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the Gold...

Creator Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-

Date 1849

Place California, North America, South America, United States

Language English

Subjects Gold mines and mining, Postal service, Shipping, Trade routes, Trails

Description Detached from: California and its gold regions : with a geographical and topographical view of the country, its mineral and agricultural resources / by Fayette Robinson. New York : Stringer & Townsend, 1849; issued folded to 19 x 12 cm and bound opposite title page.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by J.H. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Hand colored to show overland routes from Independence, Misssouri to Oregon and California, and, through Mexico, from southern Texas to the Gila River in Arizona, from Vera Cruz to Acapulco, and across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
Inset maps (12 x 7 cm. and 18 x 9 cm.): Map of the gold region, California -- From New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn.
Inset view (10 x 13 cm): Pyramid Lake, Upper California.
Includes distance table.
For variant issue with added imprint "Printed at Ackerman's rooms, 120 Fulton St. N.Y." see: Ladd, R.S. Maps showing explorers' routes (1962), no. 51; Wheat, C.I. Maps of the California gold region (1949), no. 70

Extent 1 map : hand colored ; 39 x 56 cm

Format Cartographic materials, Maps, Road maps, Thematic maps

Archival Collection Title Everett D. Graff Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number VAULT drawer Graff 3527 map

BibID 885410

Size 14400px × 12046px 992.60 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Canvas/2KXJ8ZSF2Y0B7

Filename 998854108805867_MM25-0242-01_Graff_3527_map_Final_edit.tif

Unique Identifier NL11JAJ1

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