With “555” (page top right); with heading at page top “Of New MEXICO” and text catchwords: “ ... Gold and Silver”. Issued in: Geography rectified: or, a Description of the World, London, 1688. With “Pa. 72” (map top left). With “585” (page top right); with heading at page top “Of New MEXICO” and text catchwords: “ ... Gold and Silver”. Issued in: Geography rectified: or, a Description of the World, London, 1693. Reissued in 4th edition, 1700. Tooley 48, Leighly 82; Ashley Baynton-Williams; Additional info:Map listed in Faupel's Catalogue 103, item __ by R. Morden. Apparently issued in: Atlas terrestris: or a book of mapps of ... the whole world / John Seller, London, [1700]. California as an island on the second Sanson model with two new names on the southern tip C de la Trinidad and P California. It also shows Santa Fe on East bank of the Rio del Norte, which continues as Rio Bravo and flows into Gulf of Mexico rather than Gulf of California. Shows large peninsula projecting west in the Oregon region named Quiviria.
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