Wheat, Carl I.:

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THE MAPS OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD REGION, 1848 - 1857. A BIBLIO-CARTOGRAPHY OF AN IMPORTANT DECADE. Carl Wheat's invaluable "biblio-cartography" of the California Gold Rush, printed by the esteemed Grabhorn Press in an edition limited to 300 copies. One of the chief reference works of Western Americana, this is an indispensable work for maps of the California gold regions. 323 maps are listed, each with title, imprint, and often-substantial notes. The work is enhanced by twenty-six plates of maps, some in color, and more than half of them folding. An essential reference and an attractive publication in its own right.

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