Large Map of California

With map of Arizona and Nevada [separately] on versos

Cartographer: George Franklin Cram
Dated: Circa 1900
Type: Color Lithograph
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 22"
Notes & Literature: George Franklin Cram (1842-1928) was an American map publisher. He served in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and then joined his uncle Rufus Blanchard's Evanston map business in 1867. Two years later, he became sole proprietor of the firm and renamed it the George F. Cram Co. which became a leading map firm and the first American firm to publish a world atlas. It employed a relief process.

Condition Report Fold in center as issued. . Very good.

Subject References: CNC1870