Map of Upper California by the U.S. Ex. Ex. and Best Authorities 1849

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Sale 478: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#478) 04/26/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #242Map of Upper California by the U.S. Ex. Ex. and Best Authorities 1849

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Sale 478: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#478) 04/26/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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zzf(California)

Title:

Map of Upper California by the U.S. Ex. Ex. and Best Authorities 1849

Author:

Wilkes, Charles

Place Published:

Philadelphia

Date Published:

1849

Description:

Lithographed map. 21.7x29 cm. (8¾x11½").

Embraces the territory between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific, and between the northern and southern boundaries of California. Published in Wilkes' "Western America; including California and Oregon..." The interior regions are mapped in more detail than the Wilkes map of 1845, most noticeably in the gold region of California. Wheat Gold Region 135; Wheat Transmississippi 654.

Condition:

Slight darkening along centerfold and at edges of the sheet, near fine, an attractive map indicative of the great advances in geographic knowledge during the 1840's.

Item#:

227874

Headline:

Wilkes map of California 1849 with gold region
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