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America Transformed: In 1890, California's Yosemite Valley became the second national park, although it had already been set aside as a state preserve in 1864, following the violent expulsion of the Ahwahnechee people. Both Yellowstone and Yosemite were mapped as part of four Great Western Surveys that preceded the establishment of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1879. Clarence King, who headed the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, mapped Yosemite in 1870, while F. V. Hayden, who led the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, mapped Yellowstone in 1871. Both used the traditional method of hachuring—drawing ink strokes along sloped land—to depict the rugged terrain of these unusual landscapes.
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Document identity
localId
4m90fc56p
label
Map of the Yosemite Valley
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fc56p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the Yosemite Valley
description
America Transformed: In 1890, California's Yosemite Valley became the second national park, although it had already been set aside as a state preserve in 1864, following the violent expulsion of the Ahwahnechee people. Both Yellowstone and Yosemite were mapped as part of four Great Western Surveys that preceded the establishment of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1879. Clarence King, who headed the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, mapped Yosemite in 1870, while F. V. Hayden, who led the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, mapped Yellowstone in 1871. Both used the traditional method of hachuring—drawing ink strokes along sloped land—to depict the rugged terrain of these unusual landscapes.
date
["[1870–1872]"]
year
1870
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011448
creators
King, Clarence, 1842-1901
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Maps
1870
subjectsGeographic
California
Mariposa (county)
North and Central America
United States
Yosemite Valley
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
California
county
Mariposa
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
Julius Bien
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
37.7333
schema:longitude
-119.55
extent
1 map ; 38 x 63 cm.
notes
Ladders moved from preceding Bridge to above Vernal Falls; erasure is visible. Other place names added or removed.
Relief shown by hachures.
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no
dcId
4m90fc56p
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
faa5b85844d7871d