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Map of the States of California and Nevada

Description: Stepped lines show 20 and 30 miles limits of land grants to railroads along their right of ways. "Carefully compiled from the latest authentic sources by Charles Drayton Gibbes, C.E." "Comprising information obtained from the U.S. Coast and Land Surveys; State Geological Surveys, by Prof. J. D. Whitney; Railroad Surveys and the results of Explorations made by Brevet. Lieut. Col. R. S. Williamson, U.S.A. Henry De Groot, C. D. Gibbes and others." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by Warren Holt in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." "S. B. Linton, formerly of the U.S. Coast Survey Draughtsman & Lithographer, 148-1/2 S. Fourth St, Philadelphia, Pa." Cover title: Holt's map of California and Nevada. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1873
Call number: 10342
Creator: Gibbes, Charles Drayton(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 92 x 78 cm folded to 16 x 11 cm
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Map of the states of California and Nevada : carefully compiled from the latest authentic sources / California by Julius H. Von Schmidt, Arthur W. Keddie, and C.D. Gibbes, C.E.'s ; Nevada by Chas. Drayton Gibbes, C.E

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"Comprising information obtained from the U.S. Coast and Land Surveys; State Geological Surveys, by Prof. J.D. Whitney; Railroad Surveys and the results of explorations made by Brevet Lieut. Col. R.S. Williamson, U.S.A., Henry DeGroot, C.D. Gibbes, and others." A large map in two sheets, the mainly California sheet having been removed from a cloth cover still attached to the Nevada sheet, which also shows most of Southern California. Vignette: Capitol - California. Submap: Elevation above the sea of some of the principal mountains in California and Nevada from the State Geological and other surveys, by C. D. Gibbes, C.E. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Map of the states of California and Nevada : carefully compiled from the latest authentic sources / by Charles Drayton Gibbes, C.E

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"Comprising information obtained from the U.S. Coast and Land Surveys; State Geological Surveys, by Prof. J.D. Whitney, Railroad Surveys and the results of explorations made by Brevet Lieut. Col. R.S. Williamson, U.S.A., Henry De Groot, C.D. Gibbes, and others." Contains tables of Judicial Districts and United States Land Districts, boundaries shown on the map. Lower sectional view shows elevation of major peaks in California and Nevada. Note: upper edge badly damaged. Mountain elevations. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamp: W. D. Walkup & Co. Map, Chart and Card Mounters 540 Clay St. San Francisco.

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A New Map of the Gold Region in California

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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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Map of White Pine and other mining districts in the Counties of Lander and Nye Nevada : compiled from the most authentic sources by Chas. Drayton Gibbes, C.E

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Alt. title from cover. White Pine is approximately 100 miles southeast of Elko, NV. On inside of front cover: Table of distances and elevations on the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, and route to White Pine. Submap: Close-up of White Pine District. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Map of Los Angeles County California

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Heavily shellacked wall map designed for public office. Pasadena is "Indiana Colony." "Compiled from U. S. Land Surveys Records of Private Surveys and other Reliable Sources by J. H. Wildy, Deputy County Surveyor and A. J. Stahlberg, C.E. 1877." "Julius Bien, Lithographer." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1877 by Wildy & Stahlberg in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington, D.C." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 288830 Label Maps Rolled Uncat 288838 Rack 2-15.

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Territory of Idaho south of Salmon River and Rocky Mountains : designed as a guide to all the mining districts of the included country ; made from personal observation and information furnished by resident miners, prospectors, scouts, and army guides / by W.F. Anderson of Bonanza, Idaho April 1880 ; drawn and compilation from U. S. Land Surveys; from scout map of headwaters of Salmon River, Lt. Geo. S. Wilson, 12th U.S. Infantry; from government map of Yellowstone National Park and other official data / by C.D. Gibbes, C.E. San Francisco, April 1880

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Alternate title from cover. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Map of the States of California and Nevada

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