COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Las Mariposas Estate Mariposas County California.
Obj Height cm:
63
Obj Width cm:
51
Scale 1:
38,000
Note:
Map to accompany a 63 page pamphlet promotion. Date estimated. Fremont published the map and pamphlet (pamphlet not included here) to raise money for his estate. He failed, and lost the estate to the creditors. Streeter: "It is the best map of the country about Mariposas I have yet seen." Peters mentions the map appearing in a book by The Mariposas Company in 1863. Full color.
Reference:
Streeter 2865; Peters p187.
Full Title:
Las Mariposas Estate Mariposas County California. Containing 44,386 83/100 Acres Or 70 Square Miles. Lith of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y. Max Strobel Engineer.
List No:
2624.000
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1861
Pub Title:
Las Mariposas Estate Mariposas County California. Containing 44,386 83/100 Acres Or 70 Square Miles. Lith of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y. Max Strobel Engineer.
Pub Reference:
Streeter 2865; Peters p187.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2624.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
63
Pub Width cm:
51
Image No:
2624000
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Sarony, Major & Knapp
Type:
Separate Map
State/Province:
California
County:
Mariposa County (Calif.)
City:
Mariposa (Calif.)
Subject:
Mining
Engraver or Printer:
Strobel, Max
Publication Author:
Fremont, J.C.
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Fremont, J.C.
Date:
1861
Las Mariposas Estate Mariposas County California.
