Los Angeles Santa Barbara

Los Angeles Santa BarbaraThis is an early view of the city of the Pueblo of Los Angeles from a hill overlooking the settlement. It is reportedly the earliest view of the city of Los Angeles.

Straits of Karquines

James King's A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere

Extensive sailing directions are included

The map is on laid paper with watermarks from J

and the pass and entrance to the Mississippi Sound The chart show numerous depth soundings

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This is a beautiful sketch done by a naval gunner during the war for California with Mexico

This beautiful US map

to the Smithsonian

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The dates on that particular map

and relief shown by hachures