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Authentic old and antique maps of California for sale. Our rare California map inventory features authentic maps of California as an Island, Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of California, antique and vintage city views and plans of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Silicon Valley and elsewhere. Vintage pictorial maps of California are also for sale.
48-California, San Francisco & Bay Area and Rare Books Map By Grafton Tyler Brown & Co.
[ Oakland and Brooklyn ] Information Concerning the Terminus of the Railroad System of the Pacific Coast [with maps:] Map of California, Showing the Railroad System [and:] E.C. Sessions' Map of Oakland and Brooklyn
Grafton Tyler Brown & Co.
Place/Date:
Oakland / 1871
Size:
12.25 x 14.5 inches (19.5 x 9.5 map)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
83969
74-Pictorial Maps, California and Curiosities Map By Curtis Holbrook Lindley / D.W. Gelwicks
Index Map of the Civil Code of California Designed and Executed By Curtis Lindley . . . [bound into] Revised Laws of the State of California; In Four Codes: Political, Civil, Civil Procedure and Penal . . .
Curtis Holbrook Lindley / D.W. Gelwicks
Place/Date:
Sacramento / 1871
Size:
21 x 19 inches (map size)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
84298
53-California Map By Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.
County Map of the State of California (with Large inset plan of San Francisco)
Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1871
Size:
14.5 x 21.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88891
12-Portraits & People, California and Curiosities Map By Bret Harte
The Heathen Chinee (A series of 9 lithographs illustrating a Poem by Bret Harte)
Bret Harte
Place/Date:
Boston / 1870
Size:
7 x 5.5 inches (each)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
53578
Original map showing California by Harte made in 1870.
18-Southwest, Arizona and California Map By Leypoldt & Holt
Map of Arizona with part of Sonora and California to accompany R. Pumpelly's Narrative from the latest Maps of the U.S.Engineer Department
Leypoldt & Holt
Place/Date:
New York / 1870
Size:
16 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
21359
Leypoldt & Holt's 1870 original map showing California.
88-Southwest, Nevada and California Map By Leander Ransom
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 of Nevada Territory . . . 1870
Leander Ransom
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1870
Size:
21 x 26 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
83372
48-United States, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Col
Map of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific R.R. Line and Connections. The Short Line Route Between the East and the Far West
Fisk & Russell / Alta California Railroad Printing House
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1870
Size:
25 x 7 inches (including text)
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
91626
27-Southwest, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Utah, Baja California an
Map of the South-Western Portion of the United States and of Sonora and Chihuahua to illustrate the Paper by Dr. W.A. Bell. . . . (with Royal Geographical Society Text)
Royal Geographical Society
Place/Date:
London / 1870
Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99443
22-Texas, South Dakota, Southwest, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Wyoming a
Carte Generale Du Mexique et de la partie Sud-Ouest des Etats Unis… Nouvelle Edition…
Adrien-Hubert Brué
Place/Date:
Paris / 1870
Size:
15 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101020
71-Atlantic Ocean, United States, Midwest, Plains, Nebraska, Southwest, Colorado, Utah, Rocky Moun
[ Transatlantic Cable and Transcontinental Railroad ] Kaart van de eerste (Engelsche en Fransche) telegraaf-kabels tusschen Europa en Amerika (and) Kaart van den Union Pacific-Spoorweg van Chicago naar San-Francisco
Emrik & Binger
Place/Date:
Haarlem / 1870 circa
Size:
17 x 11.3 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
105775
5-Southwest, Nevada, California and Geological Map By Edmond Guillemin-Tarayre
[ Nevada ] Itineraire Aux Mines de la Nevada D'Apres les determinations geodesiques de E. Guillemin-Taraye Septbre.-Octbre. -Novbre. 1864
Edmond Guillemin-Tarayre
Place/Date:
Paris / 1869
Size:
18 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71596
19-California and San Francisco & Bay Area Map By Britton & Rey
Map of California Pacific Railroad, Showing Its Relative Position To Other Railroads.
Britton & Rey
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1869
Size:
9.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100815
45-California, Los Angeles and San Diego Map By Edward Trapp
Skeleton Map of Southern California. [National Archive Photographic Reproduction.]
Edward Trapp
Place/Date:
n.p. (San Francisco?) / 1869 (but circa 1940)
Size:
26.9 x 17.9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
104445
65-Nevada and California Map By Rufus Blanchard
Cabinet Map of California & Nevada. Published By Rufus Blanchard . . . (Pocket Map)
Rufus Blanchard
Place/Date:
Chicago / 1868 circa
Size:
10.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
46241
1868 rare Blanchard map showing California.
36-Plains, Southwest, Rocky Mountains and California Map By Alvin Jewett Johnson
Johnson's California, Also Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona
Alvin Jewett Johnson
Place/Date:
New York / 1868
Size:
24 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
83211
74-Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and California Map By Alvin Jewett
Johnson's California Also Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona
Alvin Jewett Johnson
Place/Date:
New York / 1868
Size:
23.5 x 16.8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
96110
1-Nevada and California Map By H.H. Bancroft & Company
Bancroft's Map of California and Nevada Published by H.H. Bancroft & Co. Booksellers & Stationers... 1868
H.H. Bancroft & Company
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1868
Size:
27 x 30 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
98937
83-California and Atlases Map By Anonymous
[ Lake Tahoe - Placer County Atlas ] Map of Revenue District No. 3, Placer County
Anonymous
Place/Date:
Placer County (Dutch Flats?) / 1868 - 1870 circa
Size:
15.5 x 12.75 inches (binding size)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100236
7-California and Other California Cities Map By Britton & Rey
Map of the City of Vallejo, Terminus of the Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley and California Pacific Railroad. 1868.
Britton & Rey
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1868
Size:
31.5 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
109074
38-Mexico, Baja California and California Map By John Ross Browne
Map of Lower California From Special Surveys of Coast & Interior, made for the Lower California Company in 1866-7. By the Company's Engineers under direction of J. Ross Browne. . . January 1868.
John Ross Browne
Place/Date:
New York / 1868
Size:
14 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
112659
10-California Map By U.S. Surveyor General
Survey No. 5 Mineral District No. 10. Plat of the New Idria Claim San Carlos Mining Distice, Fresno Country Claimed by the NEw Idria Quicksilver Mining Company . . . 1867
U.S. Surveyor General
Place/Date:
? / 1867
Size:
13.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
21289
1867 original U.S. Surveyor General map showing California.
86-California Map By G.W. & C.B. Colton / E. Steiger
Karte Von Californien und Theilen der benachbarten Saaten und Territorien. E. Steiger, New York. 1867.
G.W. & C.B. Colton / E. Steiger
Place/Date:
New York / 1867
Size:
15 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
25857
Antique map showing California by Colton / Steiger, 1867.
47-North America, Central America and California Map By Philippe Marie Vandermaelen
Amerique Septentrionale (with Gold Region, Panama Railroad and St. Thomas District Insets)
Philippe Marie Vandermaelen
Place/Date:
Brussels / 1867
Size:
17 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95514
52-California Map By Ernest Frignet
(California) La Californie. Histoire des Progres de l'un des Etats-Unis d'Amerique et des Institutions qui Font sa Prosperite... Enrichie d'une Carte de la Californie [with a large folding map of California and Nevada]
Ernest Frignet
Place/Date:
Paris / 1867
Size:
12.5 x 15 inches Map size
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101371
19-United States, Texas, Plains, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and California Map
(Presentation Copy) National Map of the Territory of the United States From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean. Madeby the authority of the Hon. O. H. Browning Secretary of the Interior. In the Office of the Indian Bureau Chiefly For Government Purposes under the direction of the Hon. N.G. Taylor, Commisr. of Indian Affairs & Hon. Chas E. Mix Chief Clerk of the Indian Bureau . . . 1867.
William Keeler
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1867
Size:
57.5 x 47.7 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
102090
89-California Map By U.S. Coast Survey
Bodega Bay Surveyed By Sir. Edwd. Belcher, C.B. Commanding in H.M.S. Sulpher 1839 Additions from and American Plan 1862
U.S. Coast Survey
Place/Date:
London / 1866 (1924)
Size:
18 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
73619
74-United States, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Portraits & People, California and Political Posters M
For Governor, Maj. Gen. John W. Geary [Former Mayor of San Francisco / Governor of Kansas Territory and Governor of Pennsylvania]
King & Baird
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1866
Size:
14.5 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
93592
54-Southwest, Nevada, Rocky Mountains and California Map By E. W. Perry
Map of the Washoe, Humboldt and Reese River Silver Mines in the State of Nevada By E.W. Perry . . . 1865
E. W. Perry
Place/Date:
New York / 1865
Size:
17 x 7 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
59761
Original map showing California by Perry made in 1865.
77-California, Los Angeles and Rare Books Map By Benjamin Silliman, Jr.
[ California Petroleum ] A Description of the Recently Discovered Petroleum Region in California. With a Report on the Same [with:] Map Representing Locality of The Ojai Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California, belonging to the California Petroleum Company 1865
Benjamin Silliman, Jr.
Place/Date:
New York / 1865
Size:
23 x 15 inches (map size)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
103844
36-California and San Francisco & Bay Area Map By Depot de la Marine
[ San Francisco Bay ] Carte Des Atterrages de San Francisco (Californie) D'apres dressee en 1862 Sous la direction de A.D. Bache Directeur General de la Reconnaissance des cotes des Etats-Unis -- Depots des Cartes et Plans de la Marine 1865 . . .
Depot de la Marine
Place/Date:
Paris / 1865
Size:
24.5 x 36.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
104398
70-California and Civil War Map By Abraham Lincoln / F. S. Butler / Louis Nagel
[California Printing] President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation... Executed and published by F. S. Butler, 1864. Aged 14 Years
Abraham Lincoln / F. S. Butler / Louis Nagel
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1864
Size:
18 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94661
19-Southwest, Rocky Mountains and California Map By Benjamin P Ward & Alvin Jewett Johnson
Johnson's California, Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah
Benjamin P Ward & Alvin Jewett Johnson
Place/Date:
New York / 1863
Size:
24 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
51043
1863 antique Ward & Johnson map showing California.
81-Plains, Southwest, Utah, Nevada, Rocky Mountains, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and California
[ Idaho Below Montana ] Verein-Staaten am Stillen Ocean… [inset of San Francisco Bay] [Unusual Idaho & California configurations]
Meyer
Place/Date:
Hildburghausen / 1863 circa
Size:
16.75 x 13.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99297
15-Nevada and California Map By Luigi Angelo Maria Rossi
Carte du Pays Parcouru Par L'Abbe L. Rossi dans la Californie.
Luigi Angelo Maria Rossi
Place/Date:
Brussels / 1863
Size:
10 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
109973
31-Southwest, Rocky Mountains and California Map By Alvin Jewett Johnson & Benjamin P Ward
Johnson's California, Territories of New Mexico and Utah
Alvin Jewett Johnson & Benjamin P Ward
Place/Date:
New York / 1862
Size:
24 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94109
32-California and Curiosities Map By Anonymous
[Appointment of Ben E.S. Ely as Notary Public for Napa County, California - September 26, 1861]
Anonymous
Place/Date:
Sacramento / 1861
Size:
17 x 15 inches (sheet size)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93309
21-California Map By Sarony, Major & Knapp / John Charles Fremont
Las Mariposas Estate Mariposas County California . . .
Sarony, Major & Knapp / John Charles Fremont
Place/Date:
New York / 1861
Size:
25 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
108021
68-California Map By Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.
County Map of California (with large inset of Great Salt Lake Country)
Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1860
Size:
10.5 x 13.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90155
11-California and San Francisco & Bay Area Map By Joseph Hutchins Colton
Colton's California (with San Francisco inset map)
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Place/Date:
New York / 1860
Size:
12 x 15 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
91538
99-Baja California, California and Rare Books Map By János Xántus
(Southern California) Utazás Kalifornia Déli Részeiben [Travel in Southern California] [with map:] Kalifornia déli részei Legújabb kútfök után szerkesztette es rajzolta. [Southern parts of California Edited and drawn after the latest sources.]
János Xántus
Place/Date:
Pesten [Budapest] / 1860
Size:
6 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
92022
98-Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and California Map By R.B. Marcy
Sketch of the Different Roads Embraced in the Itineraries.
R.B. Marcy
Place/Date:
New York / 1859
Size:
11 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64801
3-California and San Francisco & Bay Area Map By Britton & Co. / Josiah J. Le Count
[ San Francisco ] Official Map Of The City Of San Francisco, California. Published by Josiah J. Lecount . . . Approved By Geo. R. Turner City & County Surveyor
Britton & Co. / Josiah J. Le Count
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1859
Size:
23.5 x 28 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
92058
15-California Map By United States Coast Survey
Crescent City Harbor California . . . 1859
United States Coast Survey
Place/Date:
Washington / 1859
Size:
16 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
95988
57-California Map By British Admiralty
San Diego Bay to Cape Mendocino From United States Coast Surveys To 1885 . . .
British Admiralty
Place/Date:
London / 1858 (1897)
Size:
25 x 38 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
68313
Working Sea Chart of the California Coast
36-Southwest, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and California Map By Joseph C. Ives
Map No. 1. Rio Colorado of the West explored by 1st. Lieut. Joseph C. Ives, Topl. Engrs. under the direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys - 1858 - drawn by Frhr. F. W.v. Egloffstein. Topographer to the Expedition.
Joseph C. Ives
Place/Date:
Washington / 1858
Size:
34.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72262
84-Southwest, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and California Map By Joseph C. Ives
Map No. 2. Rio Colorado of the West explored by 1st. Lieut. Joseph C. Ives, Topl. Engr . . .
Joseph C. Ives
Place/Date:
Washington / 1858
Size:
34 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72332
44-Texas, Plains, Southwest, Rocky Mountains and California Map By William Hemsley Emory
Map of the United States and Their Territories Between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico . . . W.H. Emory . . . 1857-8.
William Hemsley Emory
Place/Date:
Washington / 1858
Size:
23 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
81862
43-Plains, Southwest, California and Rare Books Map By János Xántus
[ Hungarian Traveler in California and the West with a Comanche and Wichita to Hungarian vocabulary ] Levelei Éjszakamerikából -- Tizenkét eredeti rajzok után készült kő- és egynéhány fametszettel. Közli Prépost István (Letters from North America)
János Xántus
Place/Date:
Budapest / 1858
Size:
5.5 x 8.1 inches (binding)
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
98502
32-California and Geological Map By U.S. Pacific RR Surveys
[ First Geological Map of California ] Geological Map of a Part of the State of California Explored in 1853 . . .
U.S. Pacific RR Surveys
Place/Date:
New York / 1857
Size:
16 x 22.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77468
26-California Map By U.S. Coast Survey
Preliminary Chart of Eastern Entrance to Santa Barbara Channel California
U.S. Coast Survey
Place/Date:
Washington, D.C. / 1857
Size:
23.25 x 16.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
92031