Description
A lovely example of Jo Mora's Del Monte Properties Company' California's Fun' playground tourist map of the Monterey Peninsular, published in San Francisco in 1927. The rare first state and among the rarest maps by Jo Mora.
A lively map full of interesting, fun illustrations of the region. The map borders are surrounded by many small illustrations of modern and historical Monterey. These include animals, historical figures, native Indians, missionaries, cowboys, singing & dancing, the 'gold rush', motorcars, sports, the railways, and the Mexican/American war, to name but a few.
The upper right corner houses the title and dedication cartouche:
To His Excellency the Count of Monterey: This linmed Map and History of his own Harbour and Peninsular discovered by Viscaino 1602, occupied by Portola 1770, showing its points of interest , its manifold allurements and the Properties being developed by the Undersigned is humbly Dedicated by your Excellency's Obedient & most humble Servant, The Del Monte Properties Company. . . Relief is shown pictorially, and some place names are shown in their original Spanish. Off the coast in the Pacific Ocean old gallleons are seen, together with dinghys, fishermen in boats, a sea monster, a jetty, a mermaid, and seals and migratory birds on rocks.
The peninsula is filled with prominent buildings (churches, hotels, country club etc), sports and pastimes painting, (shooting, fishing, polo, golfing, tennis etc), physical features (Carmel Woods, Pebble Beach, La Bahia de Carmel, Punta de Los Lobos etc), and animals (cattle, deer, elk).
A fun and interesting map for anybody who has visited, lived or vacationed here.