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Author
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Note
Copper engraved double page, hand colored in outline map of California and the Southwest, the first regional map to show California as an Island, located in eastern New Mexico, far from its normal location on the Northwest Coast. Shows a peninsula (Agubela de Cato) above the island, two bays in the northern coast, also shows landmarks, villages, and place names, such as Pto. de Francisco Draco, San Diego, San Francisco, Canal de S. Barbara, Point Concepcion, Cape Mendocino, Point Reyes "Punta de Monte Rey". Map of New Mexican shows villages, including Taos and Santa Fe, Indian tribes in the R. del Norte region, which flows southwest from a large inland lake. Includes a decorative cartouche.
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