Rare Maps of California
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Map of public surveys in California & Nevada to accompany report of commissioner of the general and office.
One of the key 19th-century maps of California.
Cartographer(s): General Land OfficePlace/Date: New York / 1866$1,800 Add to cart -
Official Highway Map of California, Oregon, Nevada
An early, large-format highway map of California.
Cartographer(s): W.C. Eubank Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1930$275 Add to cart -
Central Valley Project. Annual History for 1949. Delta District.
A well-illustrated Central Valley California water-management system report, including many maps, charts, graphs, and original photographs.
Cartographer(s): United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of ReclamationPlace/Date: Stockton, CA / August 1, 1950$2,400 Add to cart -
Map of the Mining Region of California 1855. Drawn and Compiled by Geo. H. Baker
George Holbrook Baker’s 1855 letter sheet mining map of northern California.
Cartographer(s): George Holbrook BakerPlace/Date: Sacramento / 1855$8,500 Add to cart -
Preliminary Geologic and Structural Map of the Lompoc and Guadalupe Quadrangles, California Including a Large Part of the Santa Maria Oil District.
A rare remnant from the early days of the California Oil Industry, from the collection of esteemed geologist Jorgen O. Nomland.
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1907$4,800 Add to cart -
Carta particolare della parte ocidentale dell nuoua Spagnia è della California. La longitudine Comincia da l’Isola di Pico d’Asores. D’America Carta XXXI.
Dudley’s Sea Chart from Southern Baja California to South of Acapulco.
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / ca. 1647$1,900 Add to cart -
Past & Present of California.
The elusive ‘Elephant’ pictorial letter sheet of life in California.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1855$2,200 Add to cart -
Carta prima generale d’America dell’India Occidentale e Mare del Zur
The earliest published sea chart to focus on the California coast!
Cartographer(s): Sir Robert DudleyPlace/Date: Florence / 1648$4,800 Add to cart -
San Joaquin, the Gateway County of California
How the Central Valley became America’s agricultural powerhouse.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1915$1,250 Add to cart -
California.
Jo Mora’s iconic 1945 map of California, “designed to help you keep the corners of your mouth on the up and up.”
Cartographer(s): Jo MoraPlace/Date: Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1945$1,800 Add to cart -
Carte de la Partie de la Cote Nord-Ouest de L’Amerique Reconnue pendant Etes de 1792, 1793, et 1794.
Vancouver’s chart of America’s Pacific coastline: the first printed map to identify the Columbia River estuary and Vancouver Island.
Cartographer(s): George VancouverPlace/Date: Paris / 1799$1,200 Add to cart -
Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni Typus
From History’s First Modern Atlas: a gorgeous Ortelius map of Asia with references to Marco Polo.
Cartographer(s): Abraham OrteliusPlace/Date: Antwerp / 1603$1,200 Add to cart -
Panoramic photograph of Crockett, CA, Carquinez Bridge, California and Hawaiian Sugar Company
A rare panorama of old Carquinez bridge and the Crockett sugar factory.
Cartographer(s): Morton & Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1930$1,100 Add to cart -
Chart of Suisun & Vallejo Bays with the Confluence of the Rivers Sacramento and San Joaquin California
Gold Rush-era chart of the Lower Sacramento River.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850$500 Add to cart -
Britton and Rey’s Reduced Map of the State of California
A lovely 19th-century map of California with up-to-date survey work, including railroads.
Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1879$400 Add to cart -
Highway Map of the State of California
Detailed interwar highway map of California.
Cartographer(s): California State Automobile AssociationPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1930$250 Add to cart -
Chart of the Sacramento River From Suisun City to the American River California
The 1851 Ringgold chart of the Sacramento River with Sacramento-Boston inset.
Cartographer(s): Cadwalader RinggoldPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1855$680 Add to cart -
Hollywood.
A superb pictorial map of Hollywood, California.
Cartographer(s): Ranlee Publishing Inc.Place/Date: Englewood Cliffs, NJ / 1985$1,800 Add to cart -
Flag Map of California [Signed in pencil by W.J. Goodacre]
Goodacre’s wonderful flag map of California, signed by the mapmaker.
Cartographer(s): WJ GoodacrePlace/Date: Santa Barbara, CA / [copyright] 1936$875 Add to cart -
Latest map of Los Angeles county and points of interest.
A beautiful, hand-colored 1950 map of Los Angeles.
Cartographer(s): Bekins Moving & Storage Co.Place/Date: Los Angeles / 1950$275 Add to cart -
Carmel-By-the-Sea Past and Present (with original envelope!)
This information-packed, cartoon-style map of Carmel-by-the-Sea in California is a typical example of Jo Mora’s innovative style of mapmaking and one of the most iconic maps from his hand.
Cartographer(s): Jo MoraPlace/Date: Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1942$1,800 Add to cart -
RECONNAISSANCE OF THE WESTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES MIDDLE SHEET FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO UMPQUAH RIVER
Eminent geographer and historian George Davidson tracks the West Coast voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / [1864] 1854$2,900 Add to cart -
Carte de la Cote de L’Amérique sur l’Océan Pacifique Septentrional le Territoire de l’Orégon, les Californies, la Mer Vermeille, Partie des Territoires de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson, et de l’Amérique Russe.
Landmark map of the American West by Duflot de Mofras, with period annotations.
Cartographer(s): Eugène Duflot de MofrasPlace/Date: Paris / 1844$15,000 Add to cart -
Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis per Antonium de Herrera.
The first map to show California as an island!
Cartographer(s): Michiel ColijnPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1622$2,900 Add to cart -
Pascaart vertoonende de Zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California.
Superb first state of Doncker’s chart of the Pacific with California as an island.
Cartographer(s): Hendrick DonckerPlace/Date: Amsterdam / 1659$4,500 Add to cart
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Plan of the Bay of Monterey.
The earliest acquirable map of the Bay of Monterey.
Place/Date: London / 1798Read more -
Home Federal Country. Eureka! The Golden State. California.
Probably the best pictorial map of California from the early 1970s.
Cartographer(s): Darrel Wayne 'Bunky' MillsapPlace/Date: Not listed / 1973Read more -
Resources Development View of California
A vibrant view of how California’s water resources were harnessed and developed during the 1950s and 60s.
Cartographer(s): Irrigation Districts Association of CaliforniaPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1965Read more -
Owl’s Eye View of the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, CA.
An Owl’s View of the controversial Bohemian Grove Campgrounds in Sonoma County.
Cartographer(s): Phil FrankPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1997Read more -
Southern California as seen from fabulous Long Beach
A wonderful 1950s-era pictorial map of Long Beach.
Cartographer(s): Long Beach Chamber of CongressPlace/Date: Long Beach, CA / 1957Read more -
(Monterey Area, California.) Honoring the Memory of Fray Junipero Serra, Founder of the California Missions.
Rare 1933 pictorial map honoring Junipero Serra and depicting Monterey and surroundings, including Pebble Beach and Carmel Bay.
Cartographer(s): Jos. SmithPlace/Date: Not listed / 1933Read more -
California Lost Mines and Ghost Towns. Early Spanish Missions
Mines, Missions, and Ghost Towns: a highly decorative map encapsulating California as the ‘Old West.’
Place/Date: La Jolla, CA / 1969Read more -
Japanese evacuation from the West Coast, 1942: Final Report
A chronicle of one of the most infamous events in American history.
Cartographer(s): United States Government Printing OfficePlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1943Read more -
Map of the United States as Californians See It.
Oren Arnold’s charming and pioneering 1947 pictorial map: the epitome of a new genre of comedic cartography that developed following the end of WW2.
Cartographer(s): Oren ArnoldPlace/Date: Riverside, CA / 1947Read more -
Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Floride.
Sanson’s landmark 1656 map of America with California as an island. First state, original outline color.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / [First state] 1656Read more -
Granata Nova et California
One of the most fantastic and interesting early maps of California ever to be produced!
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
California Wine Land of America
A fabulous 1960s pictorial map promoting the emerging wines of California.
Cartographer(s): Amado GonzalezPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1965Read more -
Romance of the Missions. California
1939 Goodacre poster-map presenting the missions of California as an important part of the state’s historical heritage.
Cartographer(s): WJ GoodacrePlace/Date: Santa Barbara, CA / 1939Read more -
Map of the United States as Californians See It.
Oren Arnold’s charming and pioneering 1947 pictorial map: the epitome of a new genre of comedic cartography that developed following the end of WW2.
Cartographer(s): Oren ArnoldPlace/Date: Riverside, CA / 1947Read more -
The Hancock Automobile and Motorcycle Road Book
The Hancock Automobile and Motorcycle Book: the first California Road Atlas for motorists.
Cartographer(s): J.F. HancockPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1907Read more -
LA ’84 Summer Games
A fun pictorial map for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
Cartographer(s): West Coast VenturesPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1983Read more -
California [Deluxe edition screen-printed on linen]
The Ultimate Pictorial Map of California in the late 60s, here the highly sought-after and larger limited edition.
Place/Date: San Jose / 1968Read more -
Preliminary Mineralogical and Geological Map of the State of California Issued By The California State Mining Bureau. January 1st 1891.
A pioneering map of California, in which the entire state is mapped in mineralogical and geological terms for the first time.
Cartographer(s): Julius C. HenkeniusPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1891Read more -
Plan of the Sewerage System of Sacramento
The underbelly of a growing city: 1877 sewer map of Sacramento, CA.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Sacramento / ca. 1877Read more -
Map of the Town of Folsom California
One-of-a-kind, unrecorded early 1900s manuscript map of Folsom, California.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1910Read more -
A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the most recent authorities
Samuel Augustus Mitchell’s definitive chart of the American West: a quintessential guide for those drawn to the frontier.
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1846Read more -
Mapa Misional Juniperiano. Mallorca, México y Alta California.
Mapping the life and work of Junipero Serra, including the Spanish mission system in California.
Cartographer(s): Ramón Ferrer de Sant Jordi Truyols (Formiguera)Place/Date: Spain? / 1979Read more -
Le Nouveau Mexique et La Floride: Tirees de diverses Cartes, et Relations
A rare first state by one of the seventeenth century’s greatest cartographers.
Cartographer(s): Nicolas SansonPlace/Date: Paris / 1656Read more -
A Map of the Marked Historical Sites of California. Compiled from the official registrations of the California State Department of Natural Resources
Large-format pictorial map of California documenting the state’s historical sites.
Place/Date: Not listed / 1952Read more -
The Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County
Looking back at land distribution in pre-American Los Angeles County — pictorial map of Spanish and Mexican ranchos.
Place/Date: Los Angeles / 1937Read more -
Sunkist Map of California
Scarce pictorial map of California highlighting one of the state’s great industries.
Cartographer(s): Cal RambeauPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1940Read more -
Seno de California, y su costa oriental nuevamente descubierta, y registrada desde el Cabo de las Virgenas, hasta su termino, que es el Rio Colorado ano 1747…
Consag’s seminal map of California, which conclusively ended the classic cartographic myth that California was an island.
Cartographer(s): Fernando ConsagPlace/Date: Madrid / 1757Read more -
Sketch of the Route of Capt. Warner’s Exploring Party in the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada. During the Months of August, September, and October, 1849
Map of the Sacramento Valley detailing an important California route and the demise of Captain William Warner.
Cartographer(s): R.S. WilliamsonPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1850Read more -
State of California
The finest mid-19th century atlas map of the state of California.
Place/Date: Edinburgh / 1857Read more -
Bancroft’s New Map of Central California Compiled by Wm. Henry Knight…
Handsome, separately-Issued California map with Virginia City and Comstock mining regions.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
A New Map of the States of California and Nevada…Exhibiting the Rivers, Lakes, Bays and Islands, with the principal Towns, Roads, Railroads and Transit Routes to the Silver Mining Districts…1867
Rare 1867 edition of Ransom & Doolittle’s map of California and Nevada, published in San Francisco by Warren Holt.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1867Read more -
Official Map of Sacramento County, California. Compiled from Official Surveys by J. C. Boyd, County Surveyor. 1903
Fabulous turn-of-the-century property map of Sacramento County.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1903Read more -
The Sacramento Valley from The American River to Butte Creek, Surveyed & Drawn by Order of Gen.l Riley…by Lieut Derby…September & October 1849
Important 1849 map of the Sacramento Valley & California Gold Region
Cartographer(s): George DerbyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1849Read more -
Las Mariposas Estate, Mariposas County, California
Gorgeous 1863 map of Mariposa Estate — indicates Frémont’s estate!
Place/Date: New York / 1863Read more -
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and Other Authorities
Frémont & Preuss mapping the West
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1848Read more -
Pacific Coast from San Francisco to Point Arena California…
Detailed 1901 sea chart of the California coast, from San Francisco to Point Arena.
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1901Read more -
Map of California Roads For Cyclers [with Cycling Atlas]
A rare and beautiful map of cycling routes in California from America’s Gilded Age cycling boom.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1896Read more -
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fremont and others authorities drawn by Charles Preuss…1848
“The one great general map of 1848 was that of Fremont and Preuss…” – Wheat
Place/Date: Baltimore / 1848Read more -
Discovering California Through Books
Delightful literary-themed map of California
Cartographer(s): Schenkofsky-HeckingPlace/Date: Not listed / 1961Read more -
Map of Beverly Hills California
1937 map of Beverly Hills – “Center of the Next Million”
Cartographer(s): Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and Beverly Hills Realty BoardPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1937Read more -
Map of Upper California by the U.S. Ex. Ex. and Best Authorities
1841 pre-Fremont map of the West
Cartographer(s): Charles WilkesPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1841Read more -
W. Rose’s Revised Chart of the Comstock Mines and Sutro Tunnel, State of Nevada
Map of the Comstock Mines and Sutro Tunnel – A remarkable image from the Nevada Silver Rush
Cartographer(s): W. RosePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1878Read more -
A New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California with the Regions Adjoining
Mitchell’s seminal 1846 pocket map of the West with contemporary personal note – “Forget me not”
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1846Read more -
A pictorial map of Southern California and adjacent areas
Bright pictorial map from San Diego to San Francisco, east to Salt Lake City.
Cartographer(s): Automobile Club of Southern CaliforniaPlace/Date: Los Angeles / ca. 1969Read more -
Map of the University of California Sponsored by the California Club in Commemoration of the Golden Gate International Exposition
Splendid 1930s pictorial map of the University of California system
Cartographer(s): S. Lachman, LIPABAPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1939Read more -
Ride the roads to romance along the Golden Coast and thru the sunshine empire of Southern California
Roads to Romance pictorial map of Southern California
Cartographer(s): Roads to Romance AssociationPlace/Date: Los Angeles / 1952Read more -
Map of Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Uncommon map of Sacramento
Cartographer(s): Raymond J. SquiresPlace/Date: Sacramento / 1909Read more -
Nuova California (Stati Uniti dell’America Settentrionale)
1851 California Gold Rush region map published in Italy.
Cartographer(s): B. MarzollaPlace/Date: Naples / 1851Read more -
Plat Showing Subdivision and Survey of Lots 2 and 3 in the Block L and M 25th and 26th Streets in the City of Sacramento, Cal. Sept. 7th 1892 C.M. Phinney, Surveyor
1892 manuscript plat of Sacramento blocks with official seal
Cartographer(s): C. M . PhinneyPlace/Date: Sacramento / 1892Read more -
Carte de la Californie Suivant I. la Carte Manuscrite de l’Amerique de Mathieu Neron Pecci…
Vaugondy’s essential 1772 presentation of California variants
Cartographer(s): Didier Robert de VaugondyPlace/Date: Paris / 1772Read more -
Reconnaissance of the Harbors of Santa Cruz, San Simeon, Coxo and San Luis Obispo California
1852 United States Coast Survey California harbor map, including Santa Cruz
Cartographer(s): Office of the Coast SurveyPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1852Read more -
Colton’s California and Nevada
1873 Colton California and Nevada with extended San Bernadino County
Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1873Read more -
No. 15 Map of Oregon and Upper California
1846 school atlas map of Oregon and Upper California
Cartographer(s): Samuel Augustus MitchellPlace/Date: Philadelphia / 1846Read more -
Colton’s Map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico
1863 Colton map of the Southwest with earliest Nevada-Arizona border.
Cartographer(s): George Woolworth Colton and Charles B. ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1863Read more -
Post Route Map of California and Nevada Published By Order of Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield. June 15, 1954
1954 large-format official map of postal routes in California & Nevada
Cartographer(s): United States Post Office DepartmentPlace/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1954Read more -
Cram’s Railroad & Township Map of California
Excellent 1879 large-format edition railroad map of California.
Cartographer(s): George F. CramPlace/Date: Chicago / 1879Read more -
Rail and Motor Coach Lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California
1949 Pacific Electric transportation map of Los Angeles
Cartographer(s): Pacific Electric Railway Co.Place/Date: Los Angeles / 1949Read more -
Map of the Central Pacific Railroad and its Connections
1871 Central Pacific Railroad map surrounded by vignettes of the West
Cartographer(s): Central Pacific RailroadPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
California
Cram’s end of 19th century California map with color-coded rail lines and Bay Area inset
Cartographer(s): George F. CramPlace/Date: Chicago / ca. 1894Read more -
Map of the Southern Pacific Rail Road and Connections. June 1875
Rare — first known map focused on Southern Pacific Railroad.
Cartographer(s): F. T. NewberryPlace/Date: Not listed / 1875Read more -
Colton’s California. Published by Johnson and Browning
1859 Colton California with San Francisco inset and Buena Vista & “Frezno” county names.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1859Read more -
Granata Nova et California
The first printed map to focus on California and the American Southwest, from the first atlas devoted entirely to maps of the Americas.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius van WytflietPlace/Date: Louvain / 1597Read more -
Map of North America from the Latest Authorities
Uncommon Colton map of North America with detailed gold region
Cartographer(s): Joseph Hutchins ColtonPlace/Date: New York / 1852Read more -
Road Map of the Bay Counties: Compiled from the latest and most accurate official data
1907 Whitaker & Ray Bay Area road and rail map in case.
Cartographer(s): Whitaker & Ray Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1907Read more -
Positions of the Upper and Lower Gold Mines on the South Fork of the American River, California.
1848 California gold mine map drawn by William T. Sherman
Place/Date: Washington, D.C. / 1848Read more -
A New Map of the State of California, the Territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah & New Mexico
1853 Mitchell California with extended Utah
Place/Date: Philadelphia / 1853Read more -
Britton & Rey’s Reduced Map of the State of California…With Additions Showing the Railroad System of California
Britton & Rey 1871 railroad map of California.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1871Read more -
Audience de Guadalajara nouveau Mexique, Californie. &c.
Excellent Sanson Island of California map.
Place/Date: Paris / 1667Read more -
California
A donation from the Jo Mora Trust: Jo Mora’s wonderful 1945 pictorial ode to California.
Cartographer(s): Jo MoraPlace/Date: Monterey, CA / 1945Read more
