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We invite you to step into the transformative world of the mid-19th-century California Gold Rush, where adventurous "Forty-Niners" from across the globe sought fortune, rapidly expanding California's population and economy.
The following historic maps and views recount the rise of San Francisco and Northern California as a major hub of excitement and opportunity.
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Pruess. The Oregon Trail. 1846
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This new, and much enlarged map was commissioned by the Senate of the United States, and reproduces the area in much greater detail. It "was a road guide for Oregon emigrants such as had never previously existed.
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$ 9,000.00
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Emmerson. Map of the United States and Mexico...1846
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John Haven had a reputation for publishing maps which asserted contentious boundary lines during the era of rapid westward expansion, and this map is no exception. It depicts Oregon's boundary as above the 54th parallel (marked "Boundary claimed by United States") as well as one near the 48th parallel ("Boundary offered as Compromise by U.S."). The map also depicts disputed boundary lines between Texas and Mexico in the same year the Mexican-American War began.
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$ 6,500.00
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Eddy, William. Official Map of San Francisco. 1849
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Important early map of San Francisco, the earliest obtainable map of the City.
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$ 7,000.00
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Ensign & Thayer. Map of the Gold Regions of California...1849
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This vibrant map is a significant and extremely rare document of the California Gold Rush. Published in 1849, it offered prospective gold seekers all of the information necessary to make the arduous trek to the West Coast.
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$ 16,000.00
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Doolittle & Munson, New Map of the United States and Mexico....1849
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Produced during the Mexican-American War. At that time the Treaty of Cahuenga had just ended the conflict in California. John C. Fremont was installed as the state’s first governor in January of 1849.
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$ 9,000.00
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Charles Magnus. Panorama of San Francisco. 1850
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This view of San Francisco displays great detail of buildings, and ships along waterfront.
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$ 275.00
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Derby. The Sacramento Valley...1850
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Map ofthe Sacramento Valley showing where gold was first struck in California.
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$ 1,800.00
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Gibbes. A New Map of the California Gold Region. 1851
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FIRST MAP OF CALIFORNIA TO SHOW COUNTY BOUNDARIES (Streeter)First edition.
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$ 18,000.00
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Currier & Ives. The City of San Francisco. 1878
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This iconic lithograph depicts San Francisco in its flourishing years, becoming the tenth largest city in the United States in 1870. Construction of hotels, schools, parks, churches, synagogues and libraries was constant. Currier & Ives capitalized on the civic pride and growth of the city by publishing the bird's eye view of the booming city.
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$ 19,000.00
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Emmons. A Manuscript Map of Saucelito. 1868
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Provenance: Spring Valley Water Company, Leland Stanford and W.B .Bourne, presented as evidence at the California Supreme court -1917 SVWCo. VS SFPUC, with court stamp on verso
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$ 24,000.00
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Settlement in the Napa Valley, Near St. Helena, California 1885 Virgil Williams
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The present painting was exceuted when Willams returned to California and was renewed by the tranquil setting near Mount St. Helena.
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$ 145,000.00
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MELISH, John (1771-1822) Map of the United States with the contiguous British and Spanish Possessions...1820
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Produced during the Mexican-American War. At that time the Treaty of Cahuenga had just ended the conflict in California. John C. Fremont was installed as the state’s first governor in January of 1849.
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$ 120,000.00
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ALBERT BIERSTADT (AMERICAN, 1803-1902). Untitled Western Landscape. 19th. C
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The present painting was exceuted when Willams returned to California and was renewed by the tranquil setting near Mount St. Helena.
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$ 135,000.00
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