"Construido segun las derretas, observaciones y trabajos de los mas celebres navegantes españoles y publicada por orden del Excmo. Sr. D. Guadalupe Victoria, primer presidente de la Repblica"
"Showing all streets and street car lines and sewer connections" "Index shows location of streets and shortest routes from centre of city" In lower left hand corner reads: "Compiled in office of Jas. T. Taylor"
Property lines marked. Sites of adobe ruins indicated. Inset: Part of Ords Maps, scale 1 inch to 8 chains. Listed on center of sheet: José Antonio Carrillo, José Sepulveda, Francisca Sepulveda, Andronico E. Sepulveda, Vincet Huber, Prudent Beaudry.
"By Brevet Capt. J.C. Frémont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers under the orders of Col, J.J, Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau" "Lith by E. Weber Co., Baltimore, Md."
"By Brevet Capt. J.C. Frémont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers under the orders of Col, J.J, Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau" "Lith by E. Weber Co., Baltimore, Md."
Map showing the locations of California Rancho land grants based on size and on the ethnic classification of the original, or early, recipient of the land grant. It indicates ranchos owned by people of African descent. This includes: Rancho Simi, (Javier, Patricio and Miguel Pico); Rancho San Fernando, (Juan Francisco Reyes); Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit, (Jose Bartolome Tapia); and Rancho Los Nietos, (José Manuel Nieto).
Lots of information about Redondo Beach which "is being developed by the Redondo Beach Company."Street rail lines are marked.Relief shown by hachures.Verso of map has hand written notes on "Deeds 57-386."
Insets: Town of Cambria Town of Avila Town of San Luis Obispo Town of Morro. Pictorial inset of San Luis Obispo County Courthouse. Shows judicial townships, school districts and Spanish grants (ranchos)
"A note of explanantion" on verso, outside when folded Insets: San Francisco-Monterey area -- Los Angeles & vicinity area Produced for the December 1956 Westways, v. 48 No. 12
Has orange colored image of a sunset and the word "Sunset" over printed on top half of map. Bordering ranches indicated. East: Rancho San Antonio Rodeo de las Aguas Southeast: Rancho Rincon de los Reyes Southwest: Rancho la Ballona West: Rancho San Vicente.
Map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, stage routes, railroads completed and projected. Main lines in heavy black. Verso of map includes trans-continental time tables, rates of fares, hotel and publisher's advertisements. Map originally folded to 22 x 16.3 cm.
"Suveyed under instruction from the U.S. Surveyor General by Henry Hancock, Dep. Sur., November 1867. Containing 30,144 88/100 acres.""The field noted of the Rancho Muscupiabe from which this plat has been made, have been examined and approved, and are on file in this office. U.S. Surveyor General's Office, San Francisco, California. July 11th, 1868. Signed [], U.S. Surv. Gen. Cal."Boundaries are over drawn in red and green.Includes table of boundary distances.Property at the mouth of the Cajon Pass conferred to Michael Claringbund White (1801-1888) in 1843.80 chains to 1 inch.