Early state map, inaccurate yet elegant. Graphically, it is exceptionally well done. Wheat: "This was the most elaborate map of California that had yet appeared. It is beautifully designed and drawn, and includes a large number of the mining towns, though it cannot be entirely commended for accuracy." A portion of this map was published as Gibbes' New Map of the Gold Region in California, 1851, which was also issued in the Stockton Directory and Emigrant's Guide to the Southern Mines, Stockton, 1852 (Rocq 12978). Full color by county, map is folded into dark green cloth covers 18x10.5 with "Gibbes' Map Of The State Of California" stamped in gilt. Sherman and Smith of New York is also listed as Publisher. by Charles Drayton Gibbes From his own and other recent surveys and explorations. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows drainage, boundaries, roads, etc. Cover title: Gibbes' map of the state of California. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Greenwich and Washington meridians, coordinates approximate. Bar scale on map in "miles." Shows topography, drainage, county boundaries, cities and towns, roads, mines. Decorative border with floral pattern. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Sherman and Smith in the clerks office of the District Court of the southern district of New York." Collector's note: This map is much rarer than Gibbes map of the gold region, 1851. Inset map: Map of the United States of America, Mexico, Central America, Cuba &c. Scale [ca. 1:13,000,000] (W 128°--W 65°/N 49°--N 6°).
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