Striking example of Ensign & Thayer's rare promotional broadside map showing the routes from the east coast to the Gold Regions of California. The broadside consists of a large map of Upper California, a second map of America showing the various...
An Iconic Gold Rush Image Rare edition of the class "Gold Hunter" image, published by Kellogg & Comstock. "The 'gold hunter' is a well dressed man, laden with gold mining tools, scales, link sausages, fish and a pot for a hat. In the background a...
Decorative map of the world on Mercator's Projection, surrounded on all sides by decorative vignettes. This decorative map was engraved by Raimond Bonheur, father of the famous French artist Rosa Bonheur. Shows the World on Mercator's projection with...
Rare birdseye view of Washington, DC, published and sold by Casimir Bohn, in Washington, in 1849, and lithographed by Edward Weber & Co. The view shows the City from the Portico of the Capitol Building, with vignettes of the following...
Highly detailed US Government Survey map of part of the Savannah River. Large map of the part of the Savannah River adjacent to the city of Savannah. Several islands are shown including a large Hutchinson Island. The map is filled with detail,...
The First Geological Map of Texas An unusually fine example of this important early geological map of Texas by Ferdinand Roemer, published by Adolph Marcus and lithographed by Henry & Cohen, in Bonn. Roemer's map is the first geological map of...
Exceptionally Rare Gold Rush Variant of Mitchell's Famed Map of Texas, Oregon, and California. With Mitchell's Guide to California. Antique map of the American West by Samuel Augustus Mitchell. This is an example of the extremely rare 1849 edition,...
Scarce map of Texas and the West, published in Cincinnati. In Oregon Territory, a number of early American Forts are shown, along with Astoria and Oregon City. To the south, the Gold Region is shown in California, limited only to the area north of...
Along the Canadian River, through the Texas Panhandle, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fine four-sheet map of the overland exploration and survey map, undertaken by the United States Troops at the start of the Gold Rush. In 1849, shortly after gold was...
Rare variant edition of this decorative regional map of the Texas, California and the Southwest, featuring Texas in its Republic configuration, with Stovepipe reaching to Wyoming and Colorado. Upper California is shown with the Gold Regions...
Important early map of parts of New Mexico and Arizona, prepared during the survey explorations and military campaigns in New Mexico and West Texas in 1849. Prepared by Topographical Engineer James H. Simpson and the artist Edward Kern, the map...
Important early map of the gold region in California, published shortly after the discovery of gold in California. Striking map of the gold region, showing region from San Francisco and Monterey Bays in the west to the western slope of the Sierras....
The Earliest Privately Surveyed Navigational Chart of the California Gold Rush Era -- Surveyed By William Tecumseh Sherman Rare and very early navigational chart of Suisun Bay from Carquinez Strait to the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin...
An Early Sea Chart of the Coast of California with Manuscript Annotations From Early Use at Sea Striking large scale blue-backed sea chart of the California, significantly revised and improved from the 1849 edition. Visually striking and rare sea...
With a Rare 1849 Map of California. This early German description of California was published to take advantage of the keen European interest in the California gold discovery. Like many such publications, the author drew heavily upon previous travel...
The First True Guide Map To The California Gold Regions and The First To Name Sutter's Mill. Important early map of the California Gold Regions, being the first true guide map to the newly discovered Gold Diggings and the first to name Sutter's...