LA CALIFORNIE ou NOUVELLE CAROLINE, TEATRO DE LOS TRABAJOS, APOSTOLICOS DE LA COMPA, E JESUS EN LA AMERICA, SEPTE. Dressèe sur celle que le Viceroy de la Nouvelle Espagne envoya il y a peu d'Annèes a= Mrs. de l'Academie des Sciences

Description:

California as an island with indented northern coast. Wagner 517; Wheat 102; Tooley 83 (Plate 58); Leighly 146 (Plate XXI); BN FER IIC(95). Enlarged version of his 1700 map of California and New Mexico. Place names in New Mexico are now engraved on map, rather than numbered. Text giving names and dates of European landings in California is below title, within scroll with vignettes of natives (upper right). Scale given within cartouche decorated with birds, armadillo and sloth (bottom left). Issued in his: Atlas ou recüeil de cartes geographiques, Paris, 1709-[28]. Par N. de Fer Geographe de sa Majeste Catolique.

Creator:

Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

California as an island--Maps

Theme:

Imagery

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

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