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A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon and Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico.

Atlas map of the newly formed state of California and the territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Oregon. The map includes boundary lines, major towns, early settlement roads, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,969,600] (110 miles to the inch).
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Western division of the United States : designed to accompany Cornell's High school geography.

Map shows counties, railroads, canals, cities, towns, and notable physical features for midwestern states on recto; areas of Native American habitation, counties, notable physical features, cities, and towns for Calfornia and Texas on verso; political boundaries, major cities, and notable physical features for South America on verso. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000], [ca. 1:27,400,000], [ca. 1:6,300,000], and [ca. 1:6,100,000].
Date: 1856
Creator: D. Appleton and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

General map of a survey in California in connection with examinations for railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean [Sheet 2].

Map shows possible railway routes from Fort Yuma, California to the San Francisco Bay area. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:600,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Pueblo of San Francisco: as presented by the U.S. Land Commissioners.

Map shows layout of mid-nineteenth century San Francisco, California. Street names, block number, lot numbers, ward numbers, charter lines, trails, cemeteries, docks, orphan asylum, watershed, telegraph stations, marshlands, and some buildings are indicated. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:16,350].
Date: 1852
Creator: Britton & Rey
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's California, territories of New Mexico and Utah.

Map shows Nevada carved out of Utah [territory], New Mexico [territory] north and parallel to Arizona [territory]; counties, areas of Native American habitation by tribe, major cities and towns, trails and roads, mineral resources, and mountain passes; boundaries between United States and Mexico as established by the Compromise of 1850 and the Gadsden Treaty. Includes notes and routes and dates of exploration. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1854..1864]
Creator: Johnson & Browning
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico, California & Texas.

Map shows provinces or states in Mexico, cities and towns for Southwestern United States, Mexico, Belize, and Guatamala, gold discoveries in California, and areas of Native American habitation. Inset: "Guatemala or Central America." Includes key to gold discoveries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:12,000,000].
Date: 1854
Creator: Hall, Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History

Central America including Mexico, Texas and California.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography and cities in Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. Relief shown by hachures. No scale noted.
Date: 1852
Creator: George Philip & Son
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map illustrative of the route of the proposed railroad : From St. Louis to the Bay of San Francisco.

Map shows proposed railroad route from St. Louis to San Francisco following the Missouri, Platte, Sweetwater, and Humboldt Rivers. Scale not given.
Date: 1850
Creator: Dearborn, W. L. (William L.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of public surveys in California : To accompany report of Surveyor Genl., 1858.

Map shows geography and cities in mid-nineteenth century California. Includes "List of private [land] grants finally surveyed." Relief shown by hachures.
Date: 1858
Creator: United States Surveyor General
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of public surveys in California : to accompany report of Surveyor Genl., 1854.

Map shows drainage, townships, cities, towns, marshland, and notable physical features. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760].
Date: 1854
Creator: United States. Surveyor General.
System: The Portal to Texas History

General map of a survey in California in connection with examinations for railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean [Sheet 1].

Map shows possible railway routes from Fort Yuma, California to the San Francisco Bay area. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:600,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
System: The Portal to Texas History

Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean route near the 35th parallel: Map no. 2: From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.

Map shows expeditionary trails, Native American names for mountain peaks, and potential railroad routes. Includes distance in miles points along route and notes. Insets: "Sketch of Aztec Pass" and "Sketch of Campbell's Pass" [both] drawn by C. Mahon. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:950,400].
Date: [1853..1854]
Creator: Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817-1863
System: The Portal to Texas History

General profile of the Union Pacific Railway, E.D. or Kansas Pacific Rail Road from St. Louis to San Francisco

Map shows elevations along the 35th parallel at specific points between St. Louis and San Francisco. Relief shown by profile. Scale [ca. 1:2,534,000].
Date: [1855..1875]
Creator: Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
System: The Portal to Texas History

General profile from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Martinez, near San Francisco, California.

Map shows profile of a line through the western United States from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco in five continguous segments: "Waters of the Mississippi River," "Waters of the Rio Del Norte," "Waters of Mojave River," "Waters of the Gulf of California," and "Waters of the Pacific." Relief shown by profile. Scale [1:950,400]. Map published with Reports of Explorations for a Railroad Route.
Date: 1854
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of public surveys in California.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century California township grid, existing towns, lakes, marshlands, springs, and Native American villages. Includes "description of private grants finally confirmed," and explanation. Scale [1:1,140,480].
Date: 1856
Creator: United States Surveyor General.
System: The Portal to Texas History

General profile from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Martinez near San Francisco California, 1853-4 to accompany the Maps of Explorations and Surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War

Map shows profiles of "Waters of the Pacific," "Waters of the Gulf of California," "Waters of the Rio del Norte," "Waters of the Mississippi River," "Waters of the Gulf of California," and "Waters of the Mojave River." Map appeared in: Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, route near the 35th parallel. Horizontal scale [1:950,400]. Vertical scale [1:19,008].
Date: 1854
Creator: Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817-1863
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico, California and Texas

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Mexican states and cities, towns, and geography of Mexico, Texas, and California. Insets: "Gold washing," "Mexican peasantry," and "Ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan." Relief shown by hachures. Map appeared in Tallis' The illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World [1851]. Scale [ca. 1:14,000,000].
Date: 1851
Creator: Rapkin, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico, California & Texas.

Map shows provinces or states in Mexico, cities and towns for Southwestern United States, Mexico, Belize, and Guatamala, gold discoveries in California, and areas of Native American habitation. Inset: "Guatemala or Central America." Includes key to gold discoveries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:12,000,000].
Date: 1854
Creator: Hall, Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

Map shows provinces or states in Mexico, cities, deserts, mining activities, and Texas. Includes observational notes directly on map. Inset: "Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:8,390,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

State of California.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century California counties, major cities, towns, railroads, springs, areas of Native American habitation, and portions of New Mexico and Utah [Nevada]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:3,453,120].
Date: 1857
Creator: Rogers, Henry D. (Henry Darwin), 1808-1866
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Mexican Boundary from Texas to California.

Map shows major cities, military outposts, boundary lines for Old California, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Includes dates in notes on boundary lines. Relief shown by shading. Scale [ca. 1:14,500,000].
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: L.L. Poates Engr'g Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

California [and] Texas.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, counties, cities, and Native American habitation in California and Texas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:5,632,000] and [ca. 1:6,336,000]. Map comes from Cornell's High School Geography by Sophia S. Cornell.
Date: 1856
Creator: Wells, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America: Californien, Texas und die Territorien New Mexico u. Utah.

Map shows roads, Fremont's route, areas of Native American habitation in California, Texas, and New Mexico and Utah territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:10,000,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Grässl, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika [Sheet 1]

Map shows state and territorial boundaries, railroads, canals, cities and towns, marshlands, and areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1863]
Creator: Handtke, F. (Friedrich), 1815-1879
System: The Portal to Texas History