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    California

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    Alternate title from cover. Submap: San Francisco MS note: 83445. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: A. Blockman.

    83445

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    Colton's California and Nevada

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    Alt. title from cover. For a later copy see 335538. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Colton's California and Nevada

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    Alt title from cover. For another copy, see 335538. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

    290129

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    Oregon, Washington, California, Utah & New Mexico

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    The western United States before Nevada with Arizona Territory encompassing only the Gadsden Purchase ; other states extend much further eastward than today's boundaries. May have been extracted from the 1858 edition of Colton's General Atlas. Border: flowered Submap: Vicinity of San Francisco. MS note: 1859. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 252068.

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    Map of the United States, the British Provinces, Mexico &c.; showing the routes of the U.S. Mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the gold region

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    MS note in cover states a manuscript addition to the map, "Shows route pursued by Genl. Kearny on his return from California." The map is preceded by 11 p. of text, with caption: Particulars of routes, distances, fares, etc., to accompany Colton's map of California and the gold region. Collected from official documents. Vignette: Pyramid Lake. Submaps: South America; Gold Region. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Map of the United States, the British Provinces, Mexico &c showing the routes of the U.S. Mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the gold region

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    Printed with sea routes indicated, later overland routes have been added in blue ink. The Gold Region has been hand colored. Submaps: Map of the Gold Region, California; From New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn, 17,000 miles, via Panama 5900 miles. Vignette: Pyramid Lake, Upper California, Discovered by Capt. Fremont 1844, 35 miles long, 1890 feet above the sea. The Pyramid of Rock in the lake rises 600 feet above the surface. MS note: 87485. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: United States & Mexico.

    87485