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America Transformed: Immediately prior to the discovery of gold in 1848, central California was home to Native communities; Mexican missions, ranchos, and pueblos; the small presidio—fortified military settlement—of San Francisco; and a few white American residents. Published two years later, this map testifies to the frantic pace of settlement during the California Gold Rush. By 1855, over 300,000 immigrants from the eastern United States, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and China established mining camps, towns, and roads. San Francisco grew rapidly. By the 1870s, California’s Native population plummeted from an estimated 150,000 to 30,000. Thousands were forcibly removed from their homelands, enslaved, or killed. Early legislation in California made it lucrative to enslave Native peoples, or to be paid for exterminating them.
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Document identity
localId
4m90fc37g
label
Map of the mining district of California
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fc37g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the mining district of California
description
America Transformed: Immediately prior to the discovery of gold in 1848, central California was home to Native communities; Mexican missions, ranchos, and pueblos; the small presidio—fortified military settlement—of San Francisco; and a few white American residents. Published two years later, this map testifies to the frantic pace of settlement during the California Gold Rush. By 1855, over 300,000 immigrants from the eastern United States, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and China established mining camps, towns, and roads. San Francisco grew rapidly. By the 1870s, California’s Native population plummeted from an estimated 150,000 to 30,000. Thousands were forcibly removed from their homelands, enslaved, or killed. Early legislation in California made it lucrative to enslave Native peoples, or to be paid for exterminating them.
date
["1850"]
year
1850
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011415
creators
Jackson, Wm. A. (William A.)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mining districts--California--Maps
Gold mines and mining--California--Delta Region--Maps
Mines and mineral resources--California--Delta Region--Maps
Delta Region (Calif.)--Maps
California, Northern--Maps
subjectsGeographic
California
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
California
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
Theodore A. Mudge
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
37
schema:longitude
-119
extent
1 map ; 43 x 42 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows drainage, towns, ranches, mines, Indian villages, etc.
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no
dcId
4m90fc37g
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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cd96afdf0c526fcc