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Title: Bancroft's map of the mineral districts of Northern Lower California / designed by Fred J. Engelhardt
Creator: Engelhardt, Fred J
Contributor: A.L. Bancroft & Company
Date Created and/or Issued: 1889
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Contains a detailed description of how Mexican Mining Law works, the costs for permits and how to stake out claims. Also instructions for crossing the border by wagon. Mexican Mining Laws interpreted below map. "Compiled from official authentic maps and sketches (on record) from special investigation in person and assisted by the oldest and most expert Mexican prospectors, 1888-1889." MS note: 358332. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Kilometers. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: Bancrofts Map of Mineral Districts Lower Northern California 1888.
Extent: 1 map ; 42 x 49 cm., sheet 73 x 54 cm.
Identifier: 358332
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3116
Language: English
Subject: Mines and mineral resources--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula)--Maps
Mining law--Mexico
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)--Maps
Time Period: 1889
Place: North America
Mexico
Baja California
W 116°/N 32° approx.
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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