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DESCRIPTION: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.  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/2004/02/03/28433.php
SUMMARY:Territorial Ambitions: Mapping the Far West
LOCATION:300 Fourth Street at Folsom
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/28433.php
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