Ringgold, Cadwallader:

$3,750 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

A SERIES OF CHARTS, WITH SAILING DIRECTIONS, EMBRACING SURVEYS OF THE FARALLONES, ENTRANCE TO THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO...STATE OF CALIFORNIA.... The "fourth edition, with additions," after the first of 1851. Ringgold undertook the survey of the area from the Farallones to Sacramento at the request of a group of prominent San Franciscans, and this guide was utilized extensively during the peak years of the emigration and Gold Rush. The frontispiece is a view of San Francisco from Yerba Buena Island. The other plates show smaller, similar views of other areas, generally two to a plate. This edition was issued the year after the first. "The fourth edition includes minor changes in spelling and typography, an additional set of sailing directions for approaching San Francisco Bay, and additional descriptive material" - Kurutz.Bound in at the front of this copy is the quite uncommon government printing of CORRESPONDENCE TO ACCOMPANY MAPS AND CHARTS OF CALIFORNIA, inscribed on the front wrapper: "For Mr. R.D. Catts with respect of Cadwallader Ringgold US Navy." The text prints congratulatory correspondence from, among others, Matthew F. Maury and Jefferson Davis, a commendatory resolution introduced by California Senator William Gwin, and positive opinions of the press. This is the first time we have seen this title.

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