Lower portion of California is shown and labeled CALIFORNIA I. Shape of California is unusual, with wide central area coming to a point at the south. Includes region of Amazon River northward to Maryland. Inset map: The Isles of CAPE VERD (top right). Sabin 18373. Issued in : A Collection of Voyages. In Four Volumes. / by William Dampier. -- London : Printed for James and John Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. MDCCXXIX. (1729). In English, with title as in State 1. Title cartouche of simple box (top left). “Damp. Voy. Vol. I. Plate 2. p. 24.” (lower left).
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