CA San Francisco 1846 MAP – Historic Map Reproduction
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Description
Few images capture their era like this antique map of CA San Francisco 1846 MAP. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
CA San Francisco 1846 MAP
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Few towns changed as quickly as San Francisco, which in 1846 was still called Yerba Buena, a small Mexican-era settlement of a few hundred people clustered around its cove on the peninsula's northeast edge. That summer U.S. forces took the town during the Mexican-American War, and the name changed to San Francisco in early 1847. Bird's eye views like this one show buildings, streets, and waterfront from a high oblique angle, so the whole settlement appears at once. The gold discovery of 1848 would soon transform the place, so a view from this year captures it just before the boom.
| Created / published | 1846 |
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| Original scan | 6,400 × 4,800 px · prints to 21 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | CA SanFrancisco 1846 |
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