Upper or New California—Gold Region—US/Mexico border—Swanston/Fullarton 1856 map
£85
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'Map of California'
An unusually revealing Gold Rush-era map of California and the American West. Swanston’s coverage runs from the Columbia River and Oregon Territory south through California and Baja California to Cape San Lucas, and east to the Great Salt Lake, Rocky Mountains, New Mexico and Sonora. The Sacramento system and Sierra foothills are enclosed in yellow and keyed as “The Celebrated Gold Region so far as known.” The map superimposes successive political geographies: the former United States–Mexico boundary along latitude 42°, attributed to the Treaty of Florida of 1819 and its 1828 confirmation, and the southern “Boundary Line of Mexico 1848” established after the Mexican-American War. Fort Vancouver, Columbia River navigation rights, Fort Hall, San Francisco, New Helvetia, Pueblo de los AngelosPueblo de los Angelos—the Spanish colonial settlement from which modern Los Angeles developed— and routes across the interior are also marked. More than a state map, it records mineral speculation, migration and rapidly changing sovereignty in the American West.
Size 24 x 15 cm | 9.5 x 6.0 inches
Date Published: 1856
Type: Antique steel-engraved regional and exploration map with original colour
Author: Swanston, George Heriot
Publication: Fullarton’s Gazetteer of the World
Condition: Good |
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