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Map of the gold regions of California, showing the routes via Chagres and Panama, and Cape Horn

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Title: Map of the gold regions of California, showing the routes via Chagres and Panama, and Cape Horn
Honnold/Mudd Library Map Collection
Creator: Ensigns & Thayer
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1849
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Hand-colored map of popular routes to reach California, as well as two text blocks titled "Important Directions to Persons Emigrating to California" and "Description of California, or the New Gold Region". Includes an inset of western North America with the gold region highlighted in gold.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: mam00060.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll14/id/70
Language: English
Subject: Cartography
Maps
North America
North America - Description and travel
North America - Maps
Ocean
Transportation - California
Voyages and travels
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Gold mines and mining
Gold mines and mining California
California - Gold discoveries
Place: North America
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Central America
Source: Original map, 49 x 62 cm: Honnold/Mudd Library map collection, folder 5:8, unclassified
Relation: Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll14

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