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Guide to the gold regions of Upper California : with a map, and scientific designs of native gold, mode of working, &c. &c
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Felix Paul Wierzbicki (1815-1860) left his native Poland after participating in the doomed revolution of 1830. He made his way to America where he received a medical degree and practiced in Providence, Rhode Island. When the Mexican War broke out, Wierzbicki enlisted in the Army and was sent to California. Wierzbicki left the Army shortly after reaching the West and practiced medicine until the discovery of gold drew him to prospecting on Mokelumne Hill. In 1849, he returned to San Francisco, where he spent the rest of his life. California as it is (1849) was the first English-language book printed in California. It is a valuable guide to California for prospective settlers that includes a survey of agriculture, hints on gold mining, a guide to San Francisco, and a chapter on California's Hispanic residents and Native American tribes.
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Accompanied by a written description of California. Note that turning point is shown to the west of Mountain Lake (Lake Tahoe) which would have been easier to survey than the actual turning point. "By Charles Drayton Gibbes. From his own and other Recent Surveys & Explorations 1851." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Sherman & Smith in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Cover title: Accompaniment to Gibbes' New Map of the Gold Region in California. Ms note: 131781. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Somewhat inaccurate map: Tahoe is labeled "Preemont Lake"; the State line is drawn to the east of the lake. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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