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Stock# 68295
Description
This is a beautifully detailed large format map of San Francisco. The map shows wharves, dry docks, forts, streets, parks, rail lines, rivers, buildings, wards, and much more. The map includes an attractive compass rose.
The city shown would burn to the ground thirteen years after the making of the map. Despite this, it would be rebuilt along the same grid structure, so the city looks much the same today. While the layout is similar today, the names for neighborhoods have changed, with "Rancho Rincon" and "Rancho Canada" gone from maps. At the time, San Francisco already had a population of 300,000 and was home to an important economy and the most powerful Pacific-coast military installation.
Condition Description
Toning along vertical centerfold.
