COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Carquines Straits, Vallejo Bay, other anchorages.
Obj Height cm:
52
Obj Width cm:
77
Scale 1:
Various
Note:
Two lithographed maps on 1 sheet. Includes 4 ancillary maps. Depths shown by soundings. The maps show unnamed streets, buoys, rocks, etc. Scales of maps: Straits of Carquines and Vallejo (ca. 1:29,800), Sacramento City (ca. 1:4,800), Benicia (ca. 1:2,400), San Francisco (ca. 1:21,500), New York of the Pacific (ca. 1:32,500). Title from page (44) of book: Sheet no. 5. Charts of the principal harbors, on enlarged scales.
Reference:
Rowell, J. List of printed maps of California, p. 22.
Full Title:
Straits of Carquines and Vallejo Bay by Cadwalader Ringgold, U.S.N., 1850. Anchorage off Sacramento City ... (with) Depot of the Pacific Mail Steam Company, Benicia. (with) Vallejo and Mare Island Strait from the U.S. Coast Survey ... (with) Anchorage off San Francisco ... (with) Anchorage off New York of the Pacific ... C.B. Graham, Lithr., Washington, D.C. Entered ... 1851, by Cadwalader Ringgold ... District of Columbia.
List No:
4658.014
Series No:
16
Pub Date:
1852
Pub Title:
A Series of charts, with sailing directions, embracing surveys of the Farallones, entrance to the Bay of San Francisco ... State of California... Third edition, with additions.
Pub Reference:
Howes R303; Cowen p533; Dougal, W.H. Off for California.
Pub Note:
The third edition, with Ringgold's inscription: "To, Mr. Geo. Harrington... with the respects of the author." We cannot find any changes between this and the fourth edition. Cover title: Memoir and maps of California, Ringgold, U.S. Navy, 1851.
Pub List No:
4658.000
Pub Maps:
6
Pub Height cm:
29
Pub Width cm:
20
Image No:
4658014
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
Jno. T. Towers
Type:
Chart Map
State/Province:
California
City:
Benicia (Calif.)
City:
Sacramento (Calif.)
Region:
Carquinez Strait (Calif.)
Engraver or Printer:
Graham, C. B. (Curtis B.)
Publication Author:
Ringgold, Cadwalader, 1802-1867
Pub Type:
Chart Map
Author:
Ringgold, Cadwalader, 1802-1867
Date:
1852
Carquines Straits, Vallejo Bay, other anchorages.
