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| Keywords: 1856 Henry Bill Map and View of San Francisco, California - Geographicus - SanFrancisco-bill-1856.jpg A highly appealing view map of San Francisco dating to 1856 Reveals San Francisco as seen from Nob Hill looking down California Street Telegraph Hill appears on the left Shows numerous buildings and ships throughout The most important buildings and locations are identified numerically These include North Bay Contra Costa Yerba Buena Island the California Exchange the Plaza Leanard ™s Warehouse Ricon Point the Market Street Pier California Street Central Warf the Catholic Church the Marine Telegraph and Anjill Island Published by Henry Bill for inclusion in the 1856 edition of his History of the World There are seven different printings of this view the earliest appearing in 1850 with subsequent editions in 1851 1852 1854 1855 1856 and 1857 Only the 1851 version appears to be from a different plate 1856 dated Size in 16 5 9 object history credit line accession number SanFrancisco-bill-1856 Maunder S <i>History of the World</i> Henry Bill New York 1856 Geographicus-source PD-art San Francisco in the 1850s | ||||
