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Wilkes: Antique Map of Gold Rush Era California, 1849

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Wilkes: Antique Map of Gold Rush Era California, 1849

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Title: 1849 Wilkes Map of Gold Rush Era California -- Map of Upper California by the U.S Ex. Ex. Best Authorities

Cartographer: C. Wilkes

Year / Place: 1849 Philadelphia

Map Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.3 in.

Condition: Light toning, few foxing spots and faint offset from opp. pg. Issued folded, now on tissue; uncolored

This map covers all the American West south of 42° N. and west of the Rocky (Anahuac) Mountains. The map offers great detail in California, particularly in the Gold Region. Los Angeles is a tiny Pueblo de los Angelos. The Colorado River has a more accurate course. The map assumingly was largely drawn from Fremont's maps of 1845-8.

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