The earliest separately issued map of Trinity Bay, which appeared in Duflot de Mofras' report of his travels on the West Coast of North America. In 1839, Eugene Duflot de Mofras, was assigned to the embassy in Mexico City and instructed to visit the...
Fine example of Norie's monumental sea chart of the northern part of the Pacific Ocean. The chart is noteworthy for the large inset views of San Francisco, San Diego, Hawaii, Honolulu and Karakakoa Bay in Hawaii. Issued with revisions up to 1844,...
Rare sea chart of California, Mexico and Central American coastline, showing the southern sea route to San Francisco printed on the eve of the California Gold Rush. This fine chart depicts the length of the Pacific Coast of North and Central America,...
The First Edition of One of the First Publications On The Discovery of Gold in California. The First Guidebook Aimed at Gold Rushers. This is one of the first printed guides to California, issued after the gold discovery became known in the East. It...
Nice example of Emory's map of the Battle of San Pasqual, in North San Diego County, one of the earliest military battles fought in Upper California. The Battle of San was fought during the Mexican-American War in what is now the San Pasqual of San...
Important early map of the gold region in California, published shortly after the discovery of gold in California. Striking map of the gold region, showing region from San Francisco and Monterey Bays in the west to the western slope of the Sierras....
The Earliest Privately Surveyed Navigational Chart of the California Gold Rush Era -- Surveyed By William Tecumseh Sherman Rare and very early navigational chart of Suisun Bay from Carquinez Strait to the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin...
![Chart of the Coast of California from San Blas to San Francisco Drawn chiefly from the Spanish Surveys, the Charts of Vancouver &c. the whole much improved by recent observations made by English and French Naval Officers . . . 1854 [Additions to 1862]](/map/small/58999.jpg)
An Early Sea Chart of the Coast of California with Manuscript Annotations From Early Use at Sea Striking large scale blue-backed sea chart of the California, significantly revised and improved from the 1849 edition. Visually striking and rare sea...
With a Rare 1849 Map of California. This early German description of California was published to take advantage of the keen European interest in the California gold discovery. Like many such publications, the author drew heavily upon previous travel...
The First True Guide Map To The California Gold Regions and The First To Name Sutter's Mill. Important early map of the California Gold Regions, being the first true guide map to the newly discovered Gold Diggings and the first to name Sutter's...
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Early map of Baja California, printed in connection with an early Government exploration of the region.
The Earliest Map of the Lower Sacramento River and San Joaquin River (Sacramento Delta) One of the earliest obtainable privately issued California charts, tracking the lower Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers as they leave the Gold Regions of...
Fine example of Ringgold's map of the Sacramento River, from Suisun City and Brannan Island in the South, to Sacramento City, Boston and the American River. The map includes 3 profile views from the Sacramento River, each showing large sailing vessels...
Rare Annotated California Gold Regions Map, with a Vignette of Portsmouth Square in San Francisco, Annotated to Show The Earliest Gold Discoveries in Plumas County. Fine early map of the gold regions of California, lithographed by George F. Nesbitt,...
![Map of the Mining District of California by Wm. A. Jackson. [Proof State]](/map/small/44905.jpg)
Proof State of the First Edition of William Jackson's Map of the Gold Regions of California. The second recorded surviving example of William A. Jackson's seminal 1850 map of the California Gold Region, noted by Gary Kurutz as "as one of the best to...
Nice example of Ringgold's chart of harbors and anchorages from San Francisco to Sacramento. The chart shows the primary anchorages in San Francisco Bay and environs at the outset of the 1849 California Gold Rush. Cadwalader Ringgold was a US Navy...
