California as an unlabeled island on a map showing the western hemisphere. The map has numbers on it, which correspond to parts of the text. Orbis Sensualium Pictus, a school geography, was produced from 1658 until 1887. There were single and multiple language editions. California has not been identified as an island in an edition dated before 1777, although compared to the large and varied output, few have been viewed. Issued in his: Orbis Sensualium Picti Pars Prima ... Norimbergae : In Bibliopolio Joh. Andr. Endt. Anno Salutis, MDCCLXXXI (1781). (Latin/German/Italian). Issued in his: Orbis Sensualium Pictus, Quadrilingus Emendatus ... Norimbergae : In Bibliopolio Joh. Andr. Endteri. Anno Salutis, MDCCLXXVII (1777). (German/Latin/Italian/French). (220) (page number top center). CVII. (top center). None found. [Joh. Amos Comenii].
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