Map of the route to California : compiled from accurate observations and surveys by government

Largely based on earlier work by John Fremont; see Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West. Shows western United States gold rush routes from northwestern Missouri to San Francisco. Elevation profile at top (5 x 113 cm.): Profile of the route, from the mouth of the Kansas to San Francisco, California. Inset map of the central United States (13 x 9 cm.): Diagram of the shortest routes to the frontier at Independence, at Independence & St. Joseph. Scale [ca. 1:2,259,202] Relief shown by hachures. Wood engraving printed on 3 sheets trimmed and joined to form a single composite sheet on cloth backing.

Contained In:

Removed from: The emigrants’ guide to California / by Joseph E. Ware. St. Louis, Mo. : J. Halsall, [1849]

Original Collection:

Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library)

Referenced In:

Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3, p. 88-90 and p. 289, p. 390, no. 649, Wheat, C.I. Maps of the California gold region, p. 68-69, no. 29, Displayed in the Field Museum exhibition Maps : Finding Our Place in the World (Nov. 2, 2007-Jan. 27, 2008).

Citation

Ware, Joseph E., "Map of the Route to California : Compiled from Accurate Observations and Surveys by Government", detached from The Emigrants' Guide to California (St. Louis, Mo. : J. Halsall, [1849]). Graff 4538

Newberry Call Number:

Graff 4538

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Geographic Area Covered:

United States, West, California

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map ; 117 x 30 cm, folded to 14 x 9 cm.

Digital Image Rights Holder:

Newberry Library

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