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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \n\nCONTACT:\nVicki Wiese, Visitor Services 
 Coordinator\nThe Society of California Pioneers\nTel 415-957-1849 // Fax 
 415-957-9858\ninfo@californiapioneers.org // 
 www.californiapioneers.org\n\nTerritorial Ambitions\nMapping the Far West, 
 1772 - 1872\n\nDrawn from its collection of over 1,000 specimens, The 
 Society of California Pioneers is pleased to exhibit a selection of rare 
 and influential maps in Territorial Ambitions: Mapping the Far West, 
 1772-1872.  The exhibition spans the period of Western exploration in the 
 later eighteenth century, when California was often depicted as an island, 
 up until the establishment of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.  
 During this time, vast, uncharted areas west of the one-hundredth meridian 
 were gradually explored, mapped and remapped, while utopian fantasies of 
 “lost” cities of gold, a northwest passage to India, and an American 
 Arcadia on the Pacific Slope were reconciled with geographic 
 reality.\nTerritorial Ambitions contains approximately fifty maps from The 
 Society’s collection that have never before been shown publicly. The 
 exhibition features such major works as Didier-Robert De Vaugondy’s 1772 
 Carte de Californie, La Perouse’s journal of 1785-88, John Frémont and 
 Charles Preuss’ 1842 Map of Oregon and Upper California, and Thomas O. 
 Larkin’s 1849 Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold 
 Region. There are mining maps by Edward Ord and William Jackson and The 
 Official Map of the City of San Francisco by William M. Eddy. The 
 exhibition also includes railroad maps, topographical maps, bird’s eye 
 views, nautical maps and coastal surveys. All of these maps were 
 instrumental in helping to determine the economic and political future of 
 the American West.\nThe Society of California Pioneers is the state's 
 oldest historical organization.  It was founded in 1850 by pre-Gold Rush 
 pioneers. The Society, dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and 
 enjoyment of California heritage, whose archives include an outstanding 
 collection of 19th and early 20th century artwork, artifacts, photographs 
 and manuscripts, offers free educational programs to Bay Area school 
 children. The Society also houses the Alice Phelan Sullivan Library and the 
 Moore Gallery, which are open to the public by appointment. \n\nThe Society 
 of California Pioneers\n300 Fourth Street at Folsom\nSan Francisco, CA 
 94107\n\nExhibition Dates: October 31, 2003 - May 28, 2004\nMuseum Hours: 
 Weds – Friday, and the 1st Saturday of each Month 10am– 4pm\nGeneral 
 Admission $3; Students & Seniors $1\n\nSchool groups and tours encouraged, 
 call for details\n   \nPhotos available upon request.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/24673.php
SUMMARY:Territorial Ambitions: Mapping the Far West
LOCATION:300 Fourth Street at Folsom\nSan Francisco, CA 94107
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/24673.php
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