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The only correct and reliable Map of the Washoe Mining Region with relative distances from the principal places of California. The claims are located by Parker H. Pierce Recorder of Carson City. Designed and drawn by R. M. Evans. Together with Evans' Travellers Guide

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Title: The only correct and reliable Map of the Washoe Mining Region with relative distances from the principal places of California. The claims are located by Parker H. Pierce Recorder of Carson City. Designed and drawn by R. M. Evans. Together with Evans' Travellers Guide
Creator: Evans, R. M., cartographer
Kuchel & Dresel, lithographer
Contributor: Britton & Rey, publisher
Kuchel & Dresel
Date Created and/or Issued: 1859
1860
1861
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Map and guide are folded into a single cover, submap is also glued in the same cover. The Nevada Territory itself did not exist until 1861; the Comstock Lode, which appears on the map, was discovered in 1859. Submap: Map of the Overland Route. On submap: "Kuchel & Dresel lith.176 Clay St. S.F." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded, hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map 47 x 54 cm., sheet 49 x 58 cm.
Identifier: 7011
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3881
Language: English
Subject: Washoe Mining Region (Nev.)--Maps
Mines and mineral resources--Nevada--Washoe Mining Region
Silver mines and mining--Nevada
Washoe County (Nev.)--Maps
Storey County (Nev.)--Maps
Lyon County (Nev.)--Maps
Ormsby County (Nev.)--Maps
Washoe Lake (Nev.)
Time Period: [1859-1861]
Place: North America United States Nevada Washoe
W 123°
W 118°/N 41°
N 37°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Anderson Galleries, Lossing sale, Jan. 29-30, 1917, no. 220

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