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Rare Books
Rare Books
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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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.
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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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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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Image is of a map from Jackson, Mokelumne Hill, and Cosumnes River in the north to Ft. Washington and Lost Mt. in the south, and from the Bay of Monterey in the east to Sierra Nevada in the west. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall."--stamped text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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Fragile. Sections loosing backing. At head of title: "State Geological Survey of California, J. D. Whitney, State Geologist. "Revised by Hoffman and Craven and issued by Authority of the Regents of the University of California given May 12th 1874." Based on work of the State Geological Survey, U.S. coast and land surveys, Fortieth Parallel survey under C. King, U.S. Engineer explorations under Williamson and Wheeler, Central Pacific Railroad survey under B. Ives, and California survey by Wachenreuder, et al. Ms note: 317930 no. 346. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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