Berkeley(?): The California Club. Artist: S. Lachman. 1939. Of this map, Rumsey notes: “An uncommon and most pleasingly designed map, showing the state of California with the seven university campuses identified with banners which list the special features of each. The lettering around the border lists the many areas of..... More
Santa Fe, NM: The New Mexico Tourist Bureau. Printed by Bradford Robinson PTG Co., Denver, copyright 1940. Opens to about 21 x 16 ½.” Folds to about 8 ½ x 3 ½.”. This highly informative, richly illustrated and vividly colored pictorial map was created in conjunction with the 1940 Coronado..... More
Washington, DC: Senate Document 243, 1843. This is the first issue of the report on Fremont’s first expedition to the Rocky Mountains. Streeter notes: “The expedition was designed by Senator Benton and the expansionist group in Congress to publicize the first main division of the route to Oregon, for though..... More
[Washington, DC.]: [Government Printing Office.], 1876. 8 ¾ x 15 ¼.”. This is certainly one of the earliest large scale maps of Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin, drawn during the exploration of the area by Captain William Ludlow in 1875. Among the features noted on the map are Old Faithful, Bath..... More
