DESCRIPTION:
Let's go surfin' now
Everybody's learnin' how
Come on and safari with me
Very rare California Surf Map circa late 1960's to early 1970's. Apparently produced to support a sales promotion. The map at center is surrounded by photo illustrations of popular California surfing locations. Each location contains a brief description of when to expect the best surfing conditions. For example: "MISSION BEACH Typical beach surf winter and summer. Less crowded than Pacific Beach. Takes all swells with south and west swells preferred. 2 - 6 feet ht."
Surfing locations identified on the map include, from bottom right moving clockwise:
- Mission Beach
- Pacific Beach
- Leucadia
- Oceanside
- San Clemente
. . .
- Manhattan Beach
- Malibu
- Ventura
- Staley's
- Rincon
Only one copy was found online, at the archive for surfingheritage.org (1).
(1) http://archive.surfingheritage.org/2015/02/vintage-map-of-california-surf-spots.html
The military detail on the map explains why civilian efforts depended so heavily on accurate local knowledge. Notes of Rebel picket lines, rifle pits, skirmishes, and shelling mark areas where Confederate forces remained active from January to July, 1862 and where movement involved real risk. The map therefore captures a moment when military necessity and civilian reconstruction were inseparable. Rather than illustrating a single engagement, it records how Northerners navigated, defended, and reorganized a newly occupied landscape while attempting, imperfectly, to replace slavery with paid labor, schooling, and basic civil order at the very beginning of Reconstruction.
The map is executed in pen and ink, with areas of water and terrain shaded in graphite. The graphite shading appears to have been produced using a textured aid beneath the paper, a method consistent with known mid-19th-century drafting practice for creating uniform tonal effects efficiently.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1970
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Pacific Ocean
CONDITION: Very good.
Clean. Left edge a bit crinkled but will mat out. Printed on watermarked laid paper.
COLORING: Brown tones.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 18
" x
25 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 130
PRICE: $2000
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