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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CONTACT:  Vicki Wiese, Visitor Services Coordinator 
  The Society of California Pioneers  Tel 415-957-1849 // Fax 415-957-9858  
 info@californiapioneers.org  Territorial Ambitions  Mapping the Far West, 
 1772 - 1872  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.  Territorial 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, 
 and John Frémont and Charles Preuss’ 1842 Map of Oregon and Upper 
 California. 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.  -30-  The Society of California Pioneers  300 Fourth 
 Street at Folsom  San Francisco, CA 94107  415-957-1859  
 info@californiapioneers.org  http://www.californiapioneers.org      
 Exhibition Dates: October 31, 2003 - May 28, 2004  Museum Hours: Weds – 
 Friday, and the 1st Saturday of each Month 10am– 4pm  General Admission 
 $3; Students & Seniors $1  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/27973.php
SUMMARY:Territorial Ambitions: Mapping the Far West, 17727
LOCATION:300 Fourth Street at Folsom  San Francisco, CA 94107
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/27973.php
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