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Mapping the Bay

Sale map no. 8 of salt marsh and tide lands situate in the county of Marin

Description:
The author is G.F. Allardt and the attributed author is the California Board of Tide Land Commissioner. The publisher is G.T. Brown & Co. Lith. located in San Francisco. Sale maps of state tide lands in Marin are more scarce than those of San Francisco or the East Bay. Shows San Rafael and San Quentin and the railroad connecting them. Covers area from Corte Madera Canal (south of San Quentin) to Gallinas Canal. Grafton T. Brown was the first African American lithographer in San Francisco. Relief shown by hachures. Shows drainage, township and section lines, lot numbers, land ownership, ranchos, etc.
Attribution:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Date:
1871
Exhibit Tags:
North Bay