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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.
Los Angeles [First Printed View of Los Angeles]

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U.S. Pacific RR Survey

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Los Angeles [First Printed View of Los Angeles]

Publication Place / Date

Washington / 1856

Image Dimensions

9 x 7.5 inches

Color

Hand Colored

Condition

VG+

Stock# 28557

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Fine example of this early view of Los Angeles, showing a tiny Alta California Pueblo, in the decade after the Mexican War.

The view, which is generally considered the earliest obtainable printed view of Los Angeles, accompanied Volume V of the Reports of Explorations and Surveys To Ascertain The Most Practicable and Economical Route For A Railroad From The Mississippi River To the Pacific Ocean, which was conducted by the Secretary of War.

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