Fremont, J[ohn] C[harles], (1813-1890). Oregon and California. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California,...To Which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California. With Recent Notices the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources. Buffalo: Geo. H. Derby & Co. Publishers, 1849. 12mo, 3/4 red leather over marbled paper, 5 spine bands and spine label with gilt lettering, folding map of the United States in front; 456pp. This was one of the first publications in the East to identify the Gold Fields of California. Interestingly, the map shows an area marked "Gold Region" between the Rio Sacramento and Feather River, closer to the Northern fields near Yreka. Nueva Helvetia (soon to become Sacramento) is shown at the confluence of the Feather and American Rivers, but the latter is not labeled, and no gold is indicated between these two rivers. The Northern gold fields were important, but not as well known as the ones closer to Sacramento and San Francisco. Condition: Two previous owners' bookplates on endpapers. Light toning of leaves and map folds. Spine sunned. A couple of pencil markings on p. 6. Binding still tight.
Fremont, J[ohn] C[harles], (1813-1890). Oregon and California. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California,...To Which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California. With Recent Notices the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources. Buffalo: Geo. H. Derby & Co. Publishers, 1849. 12mo, 3/4 red leather over marbled paper, 5 spine bands and spine label with gilt lettering, folding map of the United States in front; 456pp. This was one of the first publications in the East to identify the Gold Fields of California. Interestingly, the map shows an area marked "Gold Region" between the Rio Sacramento and Feather River, closer to the Northern fields near Yreka. Nueva Helvetia (soon to become Sacramento) is shown at the confluence of the Feather and American Rivers, but the latter is not labeled, and no gold is indicated between these two rivers. The Northern gold fields were important, but not as well known as the ones closer to Sacramento and San Francisco. Condition: Two previous owners' bookplates on endpapers. Light toning of leaves and map folds. Spine sunned. A couple of pencil markings on p. 6. Binding still tight.
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