Map of the Yosemite Valley : from surveys made by order of the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove

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Map of the Yosemite Valley

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Title:
Map of the Yosemite Valley : from surveys made by order of the Commissioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove
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.
Creator:
King, Clarence, 1842-1901
Name on Item:
by C. King and J.T. Gardner, 1865 ; drawn by J.T.G.
Date:
[1870–1872]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Maps
1870
Places:
California > Mariposa (county) > Yosemite Valley (area)
Extent:
1 map ; 38 x 63 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York : Julius Bien
Edition:
[2nd ed.].
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:32,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Ladders moved from preceding Bridge to above Vernal Falls; erasure is visible. Other place names added or removed.
Relief shown by hachures.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "America Transformed. Part 2: Homesteads to Modern Cities," organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library, 2019-2020.
Identifier:
06_01_011448
Call #:
G4362.Y62 1870 .K56
Barcode:
39999065685610