Map of the Gold Regions of California, 1849
About this photograph
Ensigns & Thayer, Map of the Gold Regions of California, Showing the Routes via Chagres and Panama, Cape Horn, &c.
- Date created
- 1849
- License
- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
- Source
- Original image housed by David Rumsey Map Collection
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- Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war. (Page 7.3)
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This 1849 map shows the potential routes for gold-hunters heading from the east coast of the U.S. to California. Prospectors could choose the hard and dangerous overland route — or take a steamship all the way around South America.
