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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.
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika [Sheet 3]

Map shows state and territorial boundaries, railroads, canals, cities and towns, marshlands, and areas of Native American habitation. Inset: "Schildkroten In." [Galapagos Islands]. Includes number key and table of statistics. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1863]
Creator: Handtke, F. (Friedrich), 1815-1879
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kort til Balduin Möllhausen's Rejse fra Mississippi til Sydhavets Kyster i Aarene 1853 1854.

Map shows eastern route of Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen across the southwestern United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast during 1853 and 1854. Areas of Native American habitation, military posts, and settlements are noted. Insets: [Map of the mid-western states] and "Profil fra Ft. Smith til Sydhavet" [More of Ft. Smith to the Southern Ocean]. Scale [1:6,015,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Th. Berg's lith. Inst.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Profiles of passes in the State of California surveyed in connection with a Pacific railroad.

Map shows California mountain elevations and slopes relative to sea level. "Profile of Walker's Pass," "Profile of Hum-pah-ya-mup Pass," "Profile of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass," "Profile of route from summit of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass to the Tejon Depot Camp," "Profile of New Pass," and "Profile of San Fernando Pass." Scale [1:120,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States from San Francisco to Umpquah River.

Map shows Pacific Coast from the Umpquah River in Oregon to San Francisco, California. Includes text: sailing directions, tides, and remarks. Insets: Cape Arago, Cape Blanco, Rogue's [sic] River, Mack's Arch and Reef, Point St. George [and] Crescent City, Red Bluff, Humboldt Bay, View of Cape Mendocino, Trinidad Head and City, Mendocino City Cove, Pt. Arena, Pt. Reyes, Entrance to San Francisco Bay [Pt. Bonita, Outer Telegraph Station, Pt. Lobos]. Scale [1:1,200,000].
Date: 1854
Creator: United States Coast Survey.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America Sheet XV: Utah, New Mexico, Texas, California, &c. and the northern states of Mexico.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century western territories of the United States and northern Mexico. Areas of Native American occupancy are shown. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The United States of North America: Pacific states.

Map shows major roads, western states of Washington and Oregon reaching to Nebraska, California adjacent to Utah and New Mexico. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1859
Creator: Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of water lot property to be sold on Monday, Dec. 26th., 1853: at the Music Hall, Bush St. by the city of San Francisco

Map shows the water lot property to be sold on Monday, December 26, 1853 at the Music Hall, Bush St. by the city of San Francisco as approved by J.J. Gardner. Street names, lot dimensions and numbers are indicated. Due north is indicated in the upper right corner. Cadastral map. Scale not given.
Date: 1853
Creator: Gardiner, J. J. (James J.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Profiles of passes in the State of California : surveyed in connection with a Pacific railroad.

Map profiles of Walker's Pass, Hum-pah-ya-mup Pass, Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass, New Pass, San Fernando Pass, and route from summit of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass to the Tejon Depot Camp in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Elevations and slopes relative to sea level are indicated. Relief shown by profile. Scale [1:120,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Preliminary survey of Humboldt Bay, California.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century land formation, islands, inlets and settlements in Humboldt Bay, California. Includes sailing directions and illustration: View of Red Bluff, Entrance Humboldt Bay. Inset: "Sketch of Humboldt Bay." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Scale [ca. 1:30,000] and [ca. 1:150,000].
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Diego entrance and approaches: California

Map shows buildings, roads, observatories, lighthouses, and settlements along the San Diego, California coastline during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes sailing directions and notes. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings and isolines. Scale [ 1:25,000 ] and [ 1:150,000 ].
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

California.

Map shows railroads, potential railroad routes, and historical routes of exploration in California. Some descriptive text detailing topography and vegetation is also present. Inset shows some buildings, names of streets, and some neighborhoods. Includes legend and relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,100,000] and [ca. 1:31,680].
Date: 1855
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the principal gold quartz mines or lodes in El Dorado County, California showing the position of the New York and El Dorado Co.'s lodes, Wanderer, New England, Vanderbilt, and Yosemite.

Map shows towns, general locations of gold mines and lodes, U.S. Mail route through Placerville, mining companies, and site of Sutter's "first discovery of gold." Inset details overland route from San Francisco to Placerville. Scale not given.
Date: 1850?
Creator: Howe and Perry
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History