1626

Geological Reconnoissances (Very Early Gold Rush Map)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Geological Reconnoissances (Very Early Gold Rush Map)
SOLD
200.00USDto m********y+ buyer's premium (45.00)
This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 10 @ 17:04UTC-7 : PDT/MST
If you want to see an enlarged image, click on the thumbnail image in the lower left of the main image.
You can download a higher resolution image by clicking on the title below the enlarged image.
You can request extra images to be added by contacting HWAC at uwe@fhwac.com or by calling 775-851-1859
Geological Reconnoissances in California, from Philip Thomas Tyson's Geology and Topography of California. Dated 1850, Baltimore, measuring 12.5" x 15.5". An important early regional map of Northern California covering the recently discovered Gold Regions of California. Tyson visited the Gold regions in the summer and fall of 1849. Carl Wheat notes that Tyson's work was "probably the earliest work of a true scientific research to emerge from the Gold Rush. Its author was a gifted scientist whose pioneering effort was of considerable value." Dated camping areas noted from July 4 near Berry, July 16 near Spanish Bar, August 1 at French Camp, and August 5 at Armidor. Holabird notes that this "might be the earliest detailed geologic map of the gold country." Minor foxing, torn along right edge.

City:
State: California,
Date: c.1850

FHWAC#: 24113