Lithographed map, hand-colored. 68x54.4 cm (26¾x21½"), folding, with original gilt-lettered blindstamped cloth folder (rebacked), 15.8x10.5 cm (6¼x4").
Scarce and significant map tracing the development of California and the growing silver region of Nevada, an evolving map with somewhat fluid states. There are 4-pp of text, loosely inserted in the covers as is the map, which is expertly backed with tissue. The map designates Lake Tahoe as Lake Bigler, as it was initially named; however, in the Table of Distances the lake is designated as Lake Ta-hoe. Warren Heckrotte notes several states as indicated by Carl Wheat in Mapping the Transmississippi West, concluding that his copy is after Wheat's #1070, dated 1863 but copyrighted 1862, but before #1071, dated and copyrighted 1863, as is the present example, but with more detail in Nevada. This is the Thomas W. Streeter copy, with small TWS bookplate.
Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte
Full title: New Map of the State of California Exhibiting the Rivers, Lakes, Bays and Islands, with the principal Towns, Roads, Railroads and Transit Routes to the Silver Mining Distrects of Nevada Territory. Also Meridian, Standard, Range and Township Lines as established; to which is added the County Boundaries and United States Land Districts. Carefully compiled from United States and other Reliable Surveys by Leander Ransom. And A.J. Doolittle, 1863. Published by W. Holt, 305 Montgomery. St. San Francisco. | Scale of Statute Miles [linear scale] | Lith. by L. Nagel, 529 Clay St. | Entered accordin to act of Congress in the year 1863 by Warren Holt, in the "Clerks office of the District Court of the Northern District of the State of California. | [with 4 p of text :] Table of Distances. |
Provenance: John Howell-Books, 10/83
I note the following states: 1862 W-TW 1046; 1863 W-TW 1070; my copy dated 1863 later than the preceeding and earlier than the following; 1863 Rumsey copy, after mine and probably before the next on; 1863 W-TW 1071; 1866, Arader cat 1/88; 1868, Rowell, Heaston, Cat 10 and High Ridge Cat 18; 1870, Anderson Galleries, 11/27,28,29/22; 1871, Rowell, and my other copy.
References: Streeter 2880 ( Rep in part ). W-TW 1046 dated 1862, cyrt 1861 by Nagel. W-TW 1070 dated 1863, cyt 1862 by Holt; W-TW 1071 dated 1863, cyrt 1863 by Holt ( Rep ). My copy is earlier than 1071, though, with less detail in Nevada.