Kellersberger's Map is a
plat
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map created in 1854 of
Rancho San Antonio on the northeastern shore lands, the ''Contra Costa'' of
San Francisco Bay
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, in present day
Alameda County, California
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. The area surveyed today comprises the entire extent of the cities of
Berkeley and
Albany, and the northern part of Oakland, including its downtown and waterfront.
The map can be seen here
1854 Map of the Vicente & Domingo Peralta Ranchos, Lithographed by Britton & Rey, courtesy of Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
Kellersberger's Map was created by surveyor Julius Kellersberger in order to facilitate the subdivision of a portion of the
Mexican land grant lands of the
Alta California
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era
Rancho San Antonio following the
Mexican–American War
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and
U.S. state
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hood.
Kellersberger had previously surveyed a map of the original claimed extent of the
city of Oakland.
List of plots
The following is a partial list of the subdivision plots on Kellersberger's Map together with the names of their original claimants:
* 57 – Peter Mathews (Ireland),
* 58 – Peter Mathews,
* 60 – Jean Noel,
* 62 – Juan Ysunza (Chile),
* 63 – Rosario Sisterna (Chile),
* 64 – Michael Curtis (Ireland),
* 65 – Francois Pioche (France via Chile),
* 67 – Francois Pioche,
* 68 –
Francis K. Shattuck,
* 69 – George M. Blake,
* 70 – James Leonard (Ireland),
* 71 – William Hillegass,
* 78 – Joseph Irving,
* 89 – Jacob Irving,
* City of Oakland, acreage unspecified
* Vicente Peralta Reserve, {{convert, 7001, acre, km2
*
Domingo Peralta Reserve, acreage unspecified
See also
*
Ranchos of California
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*
List of Ranchos of California
References
* ''Map of the Ranchos of Vincente and Domingo Peralta Containing 16,970.68 Acres'', Surveyed by Julius Kellersberger, originally filed January 21, 1857, Recorder's Office of Alameda County, re-filed June 22, 1870.
External links
''Kellersberger's Map of Oakland'', filed September 2, 1853, reproduced in case of ''London & San Francisco Bank Limited. v. City of Oakland'' 90 F1d 691 (1898)
History of Alameda County, California
Geography of Alameda County, California
Geography of Berkeley, California
Geography of Oakland, California
History of the San Francisco Bay Area
19th century in Berkeley, California
1854 works