Maps of the California Gold Region. 1848-1857 A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade

by Wheat, Carl I

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San Francisco Grabhorn Press 1942 Cloth. 1st edition, 1st printing. Limited Fine. First edition. 158 pp. Limited to 300 copies. Twenty six maps, sixteen of which are fold-outs, ten full page and ten colored. Three hundred and twenty three maps are described in chronological order. Beautiful fine press production of a very important scholarly work. Excellent reference. One of the highlights of the Grabhorn Press. Recognized as one of the most important scholarly works of the cartography of the Gold Rush period. See Howes. Kurutz.