COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
Author:
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Date:
1848
Short Title:
Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region.
Publisher:
J.H. Bufford & Co.
Publisher Location:
N.P.
Type:
Case Map
Obj Height cm:
52
Obj Width cm:
44
Note:
Escala de 15 Leguas Spanish (linear scale). Lithograph, 21 3/8"x 17 1/4", full color. Scale about ---. Folded in cloth case, 5"x 3 1/4", blind stamped, "Gold Region" in gilt on front cover; on verso of front cover, printed paper label, in gilt, reading, "A Correct Survey of the Gold Region California." The map shows Ranchos in the Central Valley and along the American river has "Gold Region" on both sides. Signature in ink on verso front cover, "Stickney & Thaxter". Contained in red leather drop case, gilt trim, title in gilt on spine. Original in Warren Heckrotte Collection, which is the source of description and notes.
Reference:
Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. gold region, 49 (reproduction); Wheat. 25 California Maps, 4; Streeter 2526 (reproduction)
State/Province:
California
Region:
Sacramento River Valley (Calif.)
Event:
California Gold Rush
Full Title:
Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region. This map is a correct tracing of the map of Bidwell, Land Surveyor, by Thos. O. Larkin Esq: late Consul of the U.S. for California; and by him stated to be the best reference in California. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Bufford & Co. in the Clerks office for the District Court of Massachusetts. Table of Distances (distances by sea to California and points in between)
List No:
5583.000
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
Publication Author:
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Pub Date:
1848
Pub Title:
Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region. This map is a correct tracing of the map of Bidwell, Land Surveyor, by Thos. O. Larkin Esq: late Consul of the U.S. for California; and by him stated to be the best reference in California. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Bufford & Co. in the Clerks office for the District Court of Massachusetts. Table of Distances (distances by sea to California and points in between)
Pub Reference:
Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. gold region, 49 (reproduction); Wheat. 25 California Maps, 4; Streeter 2526 (reproduction)
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
5583.000
Pub Type:
Case Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
52
Pub Width cm:
44
Image No:
5583000
Authors:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900 ; Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
