John G. Parke. From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles. 1861 Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury he produced an extraordinarily broad

he produced an extraordinarily broad range of works: designs for wood engravings

having begun its annual shows only two years earlier

highlighting the interconnectedness of the two regions in terms of trade and migration

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and the Caribbean

John G. Parke. From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles. 1861 Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury he produced an extraordinarily broadLieut. John G. Parke From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles 1854 1855 1861 (pub.) Washington D. C. Sheet size: approx. 28. 5 x 35" This is a highly detailed early land survey map of Southern and Central California from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The work is a culmination of two years worth of surveying potential routes for a Pacific Railroad that would link all major cities and settlements along the west coast with transcontinental