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Map A newly constructed and improved map of the State of California : shewing the extent and boundary of the different counties according to an act passed by the Legislature April 25th, 1851 with a corrected and improved delineation of the gold region

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Title

  • A newly constructed and improved map of the State of California : shewing the extent and boundary of the different counties according to an act passed by the Legislature April 25th, 1851 with a corrected and improved delineation of the gold region

Names

  • Tassin, J. B., cartographer, compiler.
  • Cooke & LeCount, publisher.

Created / Published

  • San Francisco : Published by Cooke and Lecount, 1851.
  • San Francisco : Lith. by Pollard & Peregoy, 1851.

Headings

  • -  California--Maps
  • -  California--Gold discoveries--Maps
  • -  Counties--California--Maps
  • -  Nevada--Maps
  • -  United States--California
  • -  United States--Nevada

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  • -  Shows drainage, counties, roads, etc. of California and map of western Nevada.
  • -  LC copy: Signed in ink script on verso: Millard Fillmore. California 1852. No. 133.
  • -  LC copy: Mounted on cloth backing, sheet sectioned into 12 panels to enable folding.
  • -  Includes note in lower margin: "Entered according to Act of Congress ... in the year 1851 by ..."
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 65 x 49 cm, folded to 22 x 13 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4360 1851 .T3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588046

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cooke & Lecount, Publisher. A newly constructed and improved map of the State of California: shewing the extent and boundary of the different counties according to an act passed by the Legislature April 25th,with a corrected and improved delineation of the gold region. composeds by Tassin, J. B., Cartographeriler San Francisco: Published by Cooke and Lecount, . San Francisco: Lith. by Pollard & Peregoy, 1851. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588046/.

APA citation style:

Cooke & Lecount, P. (1851) A newly constructed and improved map of the State of California: shewing the extent and boundary of the different counties according to an act passed by the Legislature April 25th,with a corrected and improved delineation of the gold region. Tassin, J. B., comp San Francisco: Published by Cooke and Lecount, . San Francisco: Lith. by Pollard & Peregoy. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588046/.

MLA citation style:

Cooke & Lecount, Publisher. A newly constructed and improved map of the State of California: shewing the extent and boundary of the different counties according to an act passed by the Legislature April 25th,with a corrected and improved delineation of the gold region. comp by Tassin, J. B., Cartographeriler San Francisco: Published by Cooke and Lecount, . San Francisco: Lith. by Pollard & Peregoy, 1851. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588046/>.